(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind

In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.

It will be a great thing for the human soul when it finally stops worshipping backwards.

Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will continue to feel the same sentiments formerly associated with that doctrine.

The stony-minded orthodox were right in fearing the first movement of new knowledge and free thought. It has gone on, and will go on, irresistibly, until some day we shall have no respect for an alleged "truth" which cannot stand the full blaze of knowledge, the full force of active thought.

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

Specialization and organization are the basis of human progress.