Category: Commentary, Critique, and Response

—“But little mean minds look only at the present ap- ‘
parent good, regardless of all greater good and
evil in the future. And [so] there must ever be a
war between the dispositions of the classes who
look only at the present, and only at the future.
We must look at both at once. But to effect a
great and good result, all things must be TRUE
to NATURE. … But the unwise think
that they are wise, when they are only cunning.
They know not the sublimity of simple truth,
and when a man with the full consciousness
that he has done a noble work, may seem to
feel its dignity, they cry “ behold how vain!”
Not seeing the great work which does ennoble
him, they think him vain even of the merest
trifles. They judge of others by themselves.”—

—“But little mean minds looks only at the present ap- ‘
parent good, regardless of all greater good and
evil in the future. And [so] there must ever be a
war between the dispositions of the classes who
look only at the present, and only at the future.
We must look at both at…

—“But little mean minds looks only at the present ap- ‘
parent good, regardless of all greater good and
evil in the future. And [so] there must ever be a
war between the dispositions of the classes who
look only at the present, and only at the future.
We must look at both at once. But to effect a
great and good result, all things must be TRUE
to NATURE. … But the unwise think
that they are wise, when they are only cunning.
They know not the sublimity of simple truth,
and when a man with the full consciousness
that he has done a noble work, may seem to
feel its dignity, they cry “ behold how vain!”
Not seeing the great work which does ennoble
him, they think him vain even of the merest
trifles. They judge of others by themselves.”—