The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.