I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and punishments that were fair.

History! Read it and weep!

Well, it's an ancestral tribe. These were immigrants from north of Germany who came here about the time of the Civil War, but anyway, these people called themselves free thinkers. They were impressed, incidentally, by Darwin. They're called Humanists now; people who aren't so sure that the Bible is the Word of God.

The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.

My soul seemed as foul as smoke from burning cat fur.

Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue, the monograph went on. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact how hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves.

Round and round we spin, with feet of lead and wings of tin.