Charles Fletcher Dole Quote

The conception of life as constructive rather than antagonistic effort finds beautiful illustration in every approach that we make toward true civilization. You measure the quality and the value of the civilization of individuals or peoples, not by the houses which they live in or the clothes which they wear, but by the width and power of their sympathy.


The Theology of Civilization (May 1899)


The conception of life as constructive rather than antagonistic effort finds beautiful illustration in every approach that we make toward true...

The conception of life as constructive rather than antagonistic effort finds beautiful illustration in every approach that we make toward true...

The conception of life as constructive rather than antagonistic effort finds beautiful illustration in every approach that we make toward true...

The conception of life as constructive rather than antagonistic effort finds beautiful illustration in every approach that we make toward true...