History has to be rewritten because history is the selection of those threads of causes or antecedents that we are interested in.

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.

Science ... in other words, knowledge-is not the enemy of religion; for, if so, then religion would mean ignorance. But it is often the antagonist of school-divinity.

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.

It takes me several days, after I get back to Boston, to realize that the reference "the president" refers to the president of Harvard and not to a minor official in Washington.

To rest upon a formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.