The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
Lyman AbbottI abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
Lyman AbbottWe Gentiles owe our life to Israel. It is Israel who has brought us the message that God is one, and that God is a just and righteous God, and demands righteousness of his children, and demands nothing else. It is Israel who has brought us the message that God is our Father. It is Israel who, in bringing us the divine law, has laid the foundation of liberty.
Lyman AbbottIn New York - whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame - not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.
Lyman Abbott