D. H. Wheeler

“ In truth, all of us shiver a little when we remember that God is just, or take account of the consequences that attend our public errors.
But the value of a truth is generally to be measured by its relation to hope. The best conquer, the best live; what an inspiration to courageous effort to be the best nation! ”

“ Nor is this so because the moon is not made of green cheese, but because a beneficent law underlies human existence. The exceptions are numerous; so too are the small graves at Rose Hill, and yet there are more men on the earth, on the whole, happier than their ancestors, than there were fifty years ago. We must change; it is our cowardice or indolence that makes change a danger. The law deals generously with virtue and strength. ”

“ All the moralities, decencies, cultures, worships, lift up, and strengthen, and vitalize a people; and the purer they are, the more they are worth as factors of nationality.
It is worth while to try to be decent, to reform bad habits, and fortify exposed places in our public life; for the best is the longest lived. ”

“ The new attempt to trace these lines of law seems to promise success by leaving a little for Newton and Milton to do.
Physics work in harmony with morals. Morality is not a base and ragged accident, nor is it a fated product of temperature ”

“ The hopeful aspect given to change in national life by Darwinian Politics deserves special notice, and seems timely.
We are all afraid to change—born conservatives; and we all want something changed—born radicals ”