“Obviousley, it will not do to take our ideal from the principle of nature; for the simple reason that (except for some human or divine theory), there is no principle in nature.”
“The tradesman scarcely ever gives an ideal worth to his work, but is ridden by the routine of his craft, and the soul is subject to dollars.”
“Let the young lovers know that the ideal is the only safe bond. In the difficult night the youth knows his beloved by the light she carries and she him.”
“A great affliction of all Philistines is that idealities afford them no entertainment, but to escape from boredom they are always in need of realities.”
“High ideals make a people strong. … decay comes when ideals wane.”
““Nothing but ambition, nothing but the desire to get on, that's all there is in his soul,” she thought; “as for these lofty ideals, love of culture, religion, they are only so many tools for getting on.””
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