It seems fair to say that while the moral standards of the nineteenth century persisted almost unchanged into the twentieth, moral practices changed sharply, and that though the standards of the nineteenth century persisted the institutions that had sustained them and the sanctions that had enforced them lost influence and authority.
Henry Steele CommagerThe greatest danger we face is not any particular kind of thought. The greatest danger we face is absence of thought.
Henry Steele CommagerChange does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change.
Henry Steele CommagerEducation is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
Henry Steele Commager