The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.
Charles Eliot NortonThe refuge from pessimism is the good men and women at any time existing in the world, -they keep faith and happiness alive.
Charles Eliot NortonIt does not seem to me that the evidence concerning the being of a God, and concerning immortality, is such as to enable us to assert anything in regard to either of these topics.
Charles Eliot NortonThe United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the progress of civilization and has taken up her place simply as one of the grasping and selfish nations of the present day.
Charles Eliot Norton