What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is more surprised than an honest writer when he makes a good phrase or says something truthful.
Edward DahlbergThe machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent.
Edward DahlbergUtility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.
Edward Dahlberg