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Lincoln Steffens quotes: Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know

Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know

Lincoln Steffens quotes: It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.

It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.

The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: Care like hell! Sit around the bars and drink, and pose, and pretend, all you want to, but in reality, deep down underneath, care like hell.

Care like hell! Sit around the bars and drink, and pose, and pretend, all you want to, but in reality, deep down underneath, care like hell.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: I have seen the future, and it works.

I have seen the future, and it works.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.

I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.

My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: You can't control a young horse unless you control yourself.

You can't control a young horse unless you control yourself.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion.

My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: The doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered.

The doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.

It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: I have been over into the future, and it works.

I have been over into the future, and it works.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: I have been contending all my life, and always with God.

I have been contending all my life, and always with God.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people.

The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: I am really puzzled to understand myself.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans - conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures.

We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans - conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline.

My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: The unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a wide field full of beckonings

The unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a wide field full of beckonings

Lincoln Steffens quotes: You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: I never heard a Christian sermon preached in a church.

I never heard a Christian sermon preached in a church.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: It is our knowledge - the things we are sure of - that makes the world go wrong and keeps us from seeing and learning.

It is our knowledge - the things we are sure of - that makes the world go wrong and keeps us from seeing and learning.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.

Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.

Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

Lincoln Steffens quotes: morality is moral only when it is voluntary

morality is moral only when it is voluntary