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.

Pliable human nature is relentlessly pressed upon by its physical environment.

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.

Social advance depends quite as much upon an increase in moral sensibility as it does upon a sense of duty.

If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.

Things that make us alike are finer and stronger than the things that make us different.

Only in time of fear is government thrown back to its primitive and sole function of self-defense and the many interests of which it is the guardian become subordinate to that.