“Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.” WellsMayMeanPersonsDesireFoundLimitsAbsolutesIndependenceFortuneAbundanceContracts Author:William Shenstone
“The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power, a faculty of divination, akin to the highest power exercised in poetry; therefore, a nation whose spirit is characterised by energy may well be eminent in science; and we have Newton. Shakspeare [sic] and Newton: in the intellectual sphere there can be no higher names. And what that energy, which is the life of genius, above everything demands and insists upon, is freedom; entire independence of all authority, prescription and routine, the fullest room to expand as it will.” MenWellsMayScienceSpiritNamesEnergyNationsRoomsGeniusHigherDemandAuthorityHighestIntellectualIndependenceFacultyRoutineSpheresNewtonPrescriptions Author:Matthew Arnold
“I venture on assuring you that I regard the design formed by you and your friends with sincere interest, and in particular wish well to all the efforts you may make on behalf of individual freedom and independence as opposed to what is termed Collectivism.” WellsMayIndividualWishInterestEffortDesignParticularRegardIndependenceSincereVentureBehalfCollectivismIndividual Freedom Author:William E. Gladstone
“The fear of freedom is strong in us. We call it chaos or anarchy, and the words are threatening. We live in a true chaos of contradicting authorities, an age of conformism without community, of proximity without communication. We could only fear chaos if we imagined that it was unknown to us, but in fact we know it very well.” IfsKnowsWellsFactsAgeStrongCommunityCommunicationAuthorityIndependenceChaosAnarchyThreateningProximityContradictingWithout Communication Book:the female eunuch Source: the female eunuch