Thought, and thought alone, be it as a principle the only of action or as the medium of after-contemplation, is principle, capable of arranging and connecting, of combining what is isolated, of moving that which is stagnant, of propelling that which is stationary. Take away thought, and monotony becomes the order,
A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century (Volume 1), Introduction (p. 2), William Blackwood & Sons. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1907