William Ellery Channing Quote

Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind is aspiring, impatient of inferiority, and eager for preeminence and control.


War (1816)


Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind is...

Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind is...

Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind is...

Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind is...