Our Goodness Comes Solely From Thinking On

The World Values The Seer Above All Men, And Has Always Done So. Nay, It Values All Men In Proportion As They Partake Of The Character Of Seers. You Love Them Because You Say, These Things Were Not Made, They Were Seen.

Our Goodness Comes Solely From Thinking On Goodness; Our Wickedness From Thinking On Wickedness. We Too Are The Victims Of Our Own Contemplation.

Good Government Is The Outcome Of Private Virtue.

The World Values The Seer Above All Men, And Has Always Done So. Nay, It Values All Men In Proportion As They Partake Of The Character Of Seers. The Elgin Marbles And A Decision Of John Marshall Are Valued For The Same Reason. What We Feel In Them Is A Painstaking Submission To Facts Beyond The Author's Control, And To Ideas Imposed On Him By His Vision. So With Beethoven's Symphonies, With Adam Smith's Wealth Of Nations - With Any Conceivable Output Of The Human Mind Of Which You Approve. You Love Them Because You Say, These Things Were Not Made, They Were Seen.

If You Are To Reach Masses Of People In This World, You Must Do It By A Sign Language. Whether Your Vehicle Be Commerce, Literature, Or Politics, You Can Do Nothing But Raise Signals, And Make Motions To The People.