Time Flies Apace-we Would Fain Believe That

It Was Modesty That Invented The Word "philosopher" In Greece And Left The Magnificent Overweening Presumption In Calling Oneselfwise To The Actors Of The Spirit--the Modesty Of Such Monsters Of Pride And Sovereignty As Pythagoras, As Plato.

Physiologists Should Think Before Putting Down The Instinct Of Self-preservation As The Cardinal Instinct Of An Organic Being. A Living Thing Seeks Above All To Discharge Its Strength--life Itself Is Will To Power; Self-preservation Is Only One Of The Indirect And Most Frequent Results.

Anecdote: Greatness Means Leading The Way. No Stream Is Large And Copious Of Itself, But Becomes Great By Receiving And Leading On So Many Tributary Streams. It Is So, Also, With All Intellectual Greatness, It Is Only A Question Of Someone Indicating The Direction To Be Followed By So Many Affluent; Not Whether He Was Richly Or Poorly Gifted Originally.

Science Offends The Modesty Of All Real Women. It Makes Them Feel As Though It Were An Attempt To Peek Under Their Skin--or, Worseyet, Under Their Dress And Ornamentation!

Such A Man As Instinctively Feeds On Pure Ambrosia And Leaves Alone The Indigestible In Things.