“Roger had thought of mankind as mature, but there had come to him of late the same feeling he had had before in the bosom of his family. Mankind had suddenly unmasked and shown itself for what it was—still only a precocious child, with a terrible precocity. For its growth had been one sided. Its strength was growing at a speed breathless and astounding. But its vision and its poise, its sense of human justice, of kindliness and tolerance and of generous brotherly love, these had been neglected and were being left behind. Vaguely he thought of its ships of steel, its railroads and its flaming mills, its miracles, its prodigies. And the picture rose in his mind of a child, standing there of giant's size with dangerous playthings in its hands, and boastfully declaring, "I can thunder over the earth, dive in the ocean, soar on the clouds! I can shiver to atoms a mountain, I can drench whole lands with blood! I can look up and laugh at God!” War Author:Ernest Poole
“When the women get the vote, we'll spend more money on the children.” ChildrenVoteMore Money Book:His Family Source: His Family
“All the real things in Russia are done in the villages.” RealDoneRussiaVillageReal Things Author:Ernest Poole
“The trouble with those people is that they think all the best things are made in the cities. It is not so.” PeopleThinkingMadeCitiesTroubleBest ThingsAll The Best Author:Ernest Poole
“Here we grow the flax and grain; here we raise the meat they eat, and the wool to keep them warm; we cut trees to build their houses and firewood to heat their stoves.” HouseGrowsCuttingTreeRaisesWarmMeatHeatGrainStovesWoolFirewoodFlax Author:Ernest Poole
“What kind of crops do they raise in the towns? Only Grand Dukes, Bolsheviks and drunkards!” KindTownsRaisesCropsDukesDrunkardsBolsheviks Author:Ernest Poole
