An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
HERBERT SPENCEROpinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
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No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
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Love is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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