Above all, in this speech, as in so many others, he taught a lesson in wise kindliness and charity; an indispensable lesson to us of today, for if we approach the work of reform in a spirit of vindictiveness-in a spirit of reckless disregard for the rights of others, or of hatred for men because they are better off than ourselves—we are sure in the end to do not good but damage to all mankind, and especially to those whose especial champions we pro-fess ourselves to be.

The Progressives, Past and Present (1910)