Democracy Is That Which Affords A Rule

When The Entire Moral Energy Of An Individual Goes Into The Cultivation Of Personal Integrity, We All Know How Unlovely The Result May Become; The Character Is Upright, Of Course, But Too Coated Over With The Result Of Its Own Endeavor To Be Attractive.

Intellectual Life Requires For Its Expansion And Manifestation The Influences And Assimilation Of The Interests And Affections Of Others.

The Classical City Promoted Play With Careful Solicitude, Building The Theater And Stadium As It Built The Market Place And The Temple.

Civilization Is A Method Of Living, An Attitude Of Equal Respect For All Men.

The Identification With The Common Lot Which Is The Essential Idea Of Democracy Becomes The Source And Expression Of Social Ethics. It Is As Though We Thirsted To Drink At The Great Wells Of Human Experience, Because We Knew That A Daintier Or Less Potent Draught Would Not Carry Us To The End Of The Journey, Going Forward As We Must In The Heat And Jostle Of The Crowd.