"I think the fall from the farmer..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
I think the fall from the farmer to the operative as great and memorable as that from the man to the farmer.
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“The perch swallows the grub-worm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisherman swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in the scale of being are filled.”
“So far as inland discovery was concerned, the adventurous spirit of the English was that of sailors who land but for a day, and their enterprise the enterprise of traders.”
“I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.”
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“Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal.”
“Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for”
“Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.”
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“Philosophy should be an energy; it should find its aim and its effect in the amelioration of mankind.”
“At certain times in the revolutionary struggle, the difficulties outweigh the favorable conditions and so constitute the principal aspect of the contradiction and the favorable conditions constitute the secondary aspect. But through their efforts the revolutionaries can overcome the difficulties step by step and open up a favorable new situation, thus a difficult situation yields place to a favorable one.”
“Science becomes dangerous only when it imagines that it has reached its goal.”