In our thrifty populations of merchants, manufacturers, politicians, and professional men, there is little sense for beauty, little pure thought, little genuine culture; but they are prosperous and self-satisfied.


p. 24 - Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)


In our thrifty populations of merchants, manufacturers, politicians, and professional men, there is little sense for beauty, little pure thought,...

In our thrifty populations of merchants, manufacturers, politicians, and professional men, there is little sense for beauty, little pure thought,...

In our thrifty populations of merchants, manufacturers, politicians, and professional men, there is little sense for beauty, little pure thought,...

In our thrifty populations of merchants, manufacturers, politicians, and professional men, there is little sense for beauty, little pure thought,...