Poems List
We do not deal much in fact when we are contemplating ourselves.
We don't cut up when mad men are bred by the old legitimate regular stock religions, but we can't allow wildcat religions to indulge in such disastrous experiments.
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.
We have not the reverent feeling for therainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.
We have the best government that money can buy.
We laugh and laugh. Then cry and cry— / Then feebler laugh, Then die.
We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks- if we agree with him.
We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.
We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.
Comments (0)
Log in
to post a comment.
NoComments