I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.


The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings (ed. City Lights Books, 1980) - ISBN: 9780872861107

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not ...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not ...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not ...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not ...