My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh.
Lincoln SteffensThe unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a wide field full of beckonings
Lincoln SteffensMy mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.
Lincoln SteffensThe doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered.
Lincoln SteffensIf we would vote in mass on the more promising ticket, or, if the two are equally bad, would throw out the party that is in, and wait till the next election and then throw out the other party that is in - then, I say, the commercial politician would feel a demand for good government and he would supply it.
Lincoln Steffens