By Mortifying Vanity We Do Ourselves No

The True Foundation Of Theology Is To Ascertain The Character Of God. It Is By The Aid Of Statistics That Law In The Social Sphere Can Be Ascertained And Codified, And Certain Aspects Of The Character Of God Thereby Revealed. The Study Of Statistics Is Thus A Religious Service.

It Is The Unqualified Result Of All My Experience With The Sick That, Second Only To Their Need Of Fresh Air, Is Their Need Of Light; That, After A Close Room, What Hurts Them Most Is A Dark Room And That It Is Not Only Light But Direct Sunlight They Want.

Little As We Know About The Way In Which We Are Affected By Form, By Color, And Light, We Do Know This, That They Have An Actual Physical Effect.

Life Is A Hard Fight, A Struggle, A Wrestling With The Principle Of Evil, Hand To Hand, Foot To Foot. Every Inch Of The Way Is Disputed. The Night Is Given Us To Take Breath, To Pray, To Drink Deep At The Fountain Of Power. The Day, To Use The Strength Which Has Been Given Us, To Go Forth To Work With It Till The Evening.

Let Whoever Is In Charge Keep This Simple Question In Her Head (not, How Can I Always Do This Right Thing Myself, But) How Can I Provide For This Right Thing To Be Always Done?