A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in."

We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.

The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held.

A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in."

The supreme religious test of our social order is the hideous commerce of prostitution.