Coercion May Prevent Many Transgressions; But It

The State Should Avoid All Solicitude For The Positive Welfare Of Its Citizens, And Not Proceed A Step Further Than Is Necessary For Their Mutual Security And Their Protection Against Foreign Enemies. It Should Impose Restrictions On Freedom For No Other Purpose.

To Inquire And To Create; These Are The Grand Centres Around Which All Human Pursuits Revolve, Or At Least To These Objects Do They All More Or Less Directly Refer.

Death Is But A Word To Us. One's Own Experience Alone Can Teach Us The Real Meaning Of The Word. The Sight Of The Dying Does Little. What One Sees Of Them Is Merely What Precedes Death: Dull Unconsciousness Is All We See. Whether This Be So,--how And When The Spirit Wakes To Life Again,--this Is What All Wish To Know, And What Never Can Be Known Until It Is Experienced.

If We Reason That We Want Happiness For Others, Not For Ourselves, Then We Ought Justly To Be Suspected Of Failing To Recognize Human Nature For What It Is And Of Wishing To Turn Men Into Machines.

All Translating Seems To Me To Be Simply An Attempt To Accomplish An Impossible Task.