The new American, like the new European, was the servant of the powerhouse, as the European of the twelfth century was the servant of the Church.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central powerhouses. The conflict is no longer between the men, but between the motors that drive the men, and the men tend to succumb to their own motive forces.

Women have, commonly, a very positive moral sense; that which they will, is right; that which they reject, is wrong; and their will, in most cases, ends by settling the moral.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

History is only a catalogue of the forgotten.

Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where their influence stops.