“The walking delegates of a higher civilization, who have nothing to divide, look upon the notion of property as a purely artificial creation of human society. According to these advanced philosophers, the time will come when no man shall be allowed to call anything his. The beneficent law which takes away an author's rights in his own books just at the period when old age is creeping upon him seems to me a handsome stride toward the longed-for millennium.” MenHumansLooksBookSeemsAgeLawRightsCreationHigherPeriodsWalkingCivilizationPropertyNotionPhilosopherOld AgeCommunismLook UpDividesArtificialHandsomeHuman SocietyStrideMillenniumDelegates Book:Ponkapog Papers Source: Ponkapog Papers
“The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.” MenHumansWalksPowerCreaturesPossessionTyrannyUnlimitedDespotsUnlimited PowerNero Book:The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Source: The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
“Imagine all human beings swept off the face of the earth, excepting one man. Imagine this man in some vast city, New York or London. Imagine him on the third or fourth day of his solitude sitting in a house and hearing a ring at the door-bell!” MenHumansEarthFacesHouseHuman BeingsCitiesImagineDoorsNew YorkSolitudeSittingThirdsHearingLondonRingsOne ManBellsFourth Book:The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Ponkapog papers. A sea turn, and other matters Source: The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Ponkapog papers. A sea turn, and other matters
