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John Jay Chapman quotes: A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

John Jay Chapman quotes: We cannot hand our faith to one another ... Even in the Middle Ages, when faith was theoretically uniform, it was always practically individual.

We cannot hand our faith to one another ... Even in the Middle Ages, when faith was theoretically uniform, it was always practically individual.

John Jay Chapman quotes: Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.

John Jay Chapman quotes: There are lots of people who cannot think seriously without injuring their minds.

There are lots of people who cannot think seriously without injuring their minds.

John Jay Chapman quotes: It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

John Jay Chapman quotes: Attack another's rights and you destroy your own.

Attack another's rights and you destroy your own.

John Jay Chapman quotes: A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio between commerce and intellect.

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio between commerce and intellect.

John Jay Chapman quotes: When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.

When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.

John Jay Chapman quotes: Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

John Jay Chapman quotes: People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.

John Jay Chapman quotes: The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

John Jay Chapman quotes: The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

John Jay Chapman quotes: Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

John Jay Chapman quotes: You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.

You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.

John Jay Chapman quotes: The power of quotation is as dreadful a weapon as any which the human intellect can forge.

The power of quotation is as dreadful a weapon as any which the human intellect can forge.

John Jay Chapman quotes: As for boredom ... I notice that it leaves me as soon as I am doing something that has got to be done.

As for boredom ... I notice that it leaves me as soon as I am doing something that has got to be done.

John Jay Chapman quotes: Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.

John Jay Chapman quotes: All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

John Jay Chapman quotes: Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion.

Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion.

John Jay Chapman quotes: I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns.

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns.

John Jay Chapman quotes: Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

John Jay Chapman quotes: So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects.

So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects.

John Jay Chapman quotes: There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

John Jay Chapman quotes: Learning is not easy, but hard; culture is severe. The steps to Parnassus are steep and terribly arduous.

Learning is not easy, but hard; culture is severe. The steps to Parnassus are steep and terribly arduous.