Much Of The Insensibility And Hardness Of

We Have Learned To Say That The Good Must Be Extended To All Of Society Before It Can Be Held Secure By Any One Person Or Any One Class. But We Have Not Yet Learned To Add To That Statement, That Unless All [people] And All Classes Contribute To A Good, We Cannot Even Be Sure That It Is Worth Having.

The Rich Landlord Is He Who Collects With Sternness, Who Accepts No Excuse, And Will Have His Own. There Are Moments Of Irritation And Of Real Bitterness Against Him, But There Is Still Admiration, Because He Is Rich And Successful.

Much Of The Insensibility And Hardness Of The World Is Due To The Lack Of Imagination Which Prevents A Realization Of The Experiences Of Other People.

Hundreds Of Poor Laboring Men And Women Are Being Thrown Into Jails And Police Stations Because Of Their Political Beliefs. In Fact, An Attempt Is Being Made To Deport An Entire Political Party.

All Those Hints And Glimpses Of A Larger And More Satisfying Democracy, Which Literature And Our Own Hopes Supply, Have A Tendency To Slip Away From Us And To Leave Us Sadly Unguided And Perplexed When We Attempt To Act Upon Them.