Considered Now As A Possession, One May

Useless Knowledge Can Be Made Directly Contributory To A Force Of Sound And Disinterested Public Opinion.

It Is Interesting To Observe That In The Year 1935 The Average Individual's Incurious Attitude Towards The Phenomenon Of The State Is Precisely What His Attitude Was Toward The Phenomenon Of The Church In The Year, Say, 1500. It Does Not Appear To Have Occurred To The Church-citizen Of That Day, Any More Than It Occurs To The State-citizen Of The Present, To Ask What Sort Of Institution It Was That Claimed His Allegiance.

It Would Seem That In Paine's View The Code Of Government Should Be That Of The Legendary King Pausole, Who Prescribed But Two Laws For His Subjects, The First Being, Hurt No Man, And The Second, Then Do As You Please.

Diligent As One Must Be In Learning, One Must Be As Diligent In Forgetting; Otherwise The Process Is One Of Pedantry, Not Culture.

When We Speak Freely, Let Us Speak Plainly, For Plain Speech Is Wholesome; Especially, Plain Speech About Public Affairs And Public Men.