Successful socialism depends on the perfectibility of man. Unless all, or nearly all, men are high-minded and clear-sighted, … - Katharine Fullerton Gerould

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[M]ental peace is not meditation. Meditation is the flight beyond the mind. It has nothing to do with mental peace.

Katharine Fullerton Gerould

Successful socialism depends on the perfectibility of man. Unless all, or nearly all, men are high-minded and clear-sighted, it isbound to be a rotten failure in any but a physical sense. Even through it is altruism, socialism means materialism. You can guarantee the things of the body to every one, but you cannot guarantee the things of the spirit to every one; you can guarantee only that the opportunity to seek them shall not be denied to any one who chooses to seek them.

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. . . the more we recruit from immigrants who bring no personal traditions with them, the more America is going to ignore the things of the spirit. No one whose consuming desire is either for food or for motor-cars is going to care about culture, or even know what it is.

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Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.

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