The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 56
Some critics thot[sic] I proposed to stimulate heroism, but now nothing I’ve done is so popular. It was time the Heroes of Peace had recognition. — From a private letter …
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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 55
There are a few great souls who can rise to the height of alleviating others to do for them what they would like to do for others. Are you one …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 54
It is always well to remember that there are giants in our own day, too. — Triumphant Democracy, 1886 Return to imPULSE index. See PDF of this issue.
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 53
“We have got to show young men that there are just as great battles to be fought in peace-time as in war-time and just as much heroism demanded, just as …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 49
“Peace wins her way not by force; her appeal is to the reason and the conscience of man.” —Andrew Carnegie, University of St. Andrews address, Oct. 17, 1905 Return to …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 47
“We are in the presence of universal law and should bow our heads in silence and obey the Judge within, asking nothing, fearing nothing, just doing our duty right along, …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 46
“Man was not created with an instinct for his own degradation, but from the lower he had risen to the higher forms. Nor is there any conceivable end to his …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 45
“This is man’s work on earth, one of development toward the more perfect day; nothing yet finished, but all growing better through his strenuous exertions. “Rest and be thankful” is …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 44
“As I grow older, I play less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” Return to imPULSE index. See PDF of this issue.