“There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to boast that they rose in the world through their own industry and talents. It is the same shabby-genteel sentiment, the same vanity of birth which makes men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels rather than elevated apes.” PeopleMenWorldBelieveCertainFatherClassTalentIndustryBirthAngelRoseVanityFollySentimentsBoastApesAncestryShabby Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“Open the book of universal history at what period we may, it is always the India trade which is the cause of internal industry and foreign negotiation.” MayBookCausesIndustryPeriodsUniversalIndiaTradeInternalsNegotiation Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put into force, all industry would be disheartened, emulation would cease, and mankind would go to sleep.” IfsMenWould BeFallForceSleepImpossibleMankindIndustryCeaseGoing To SleepCastesCommunesCaste SystemEmulationDisheartened Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
