That Alone Is Wise Which Is Just;

In All The New States Of The Union, Land Monopolization Has Gone On At An Alarming Rate, But In None Of Them So Fast As In California, And In None Of Them, Perhaps, Are The Evil Effects So Manifest.

Compare Society To A Boat. Her Progress Through The Water Will Not Depend Upon The Exertion Of Her Crew, But Upon The Exertion Devoted To Propelling Her. This Will Be Lessened By Any Expenditure Of Force In Fighting Among Themselves, Or In Pulling In Different Directions.

Let No Man Imagine That He Has No Influence.

There Is Danger In Reckless Change, But Greater Danger In Blind Conservatism.

How Vainly Shall We Endeavor To Repress Crime By Our Barbarous Punishment Of The Poorer Class Of Criminals So Long As Children Are Reared In The Brutalizing Influences Of Poverty, So Long As The Bite Of Want Drives Men To Crime.