If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

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

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

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.