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[The inscriptions on the peristyle of the World’s Fair said...]

But bolder they who first off-cast 

 Their moorings from the habitable past, 

 And ventured chartless on the sea 

 Of storm-engendering liberty.


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The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.


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...the Holy Inquisition selected with extreme care the freest and boldest men in order to burn or imprison them. In Spain alone some of the best men -- those who doubted and questioned, and without doubting there can be no progress -- were eliminated during three centuries at the rate of a thousand a year. The evil which the Catholic Church has thus effected is incalculable...

[Chapter 5.]


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...no man ever threw away life, while it was worth keeping. For such is our natural horror of death, that small motives will never be able to reconcile us to it. And tho' perhaps the situation of a man's health or fortune did not seem to require this remedy, we may at least be assured, that any one, who, without apparent reason, has had recourse to it, was curst with such an incurable depravity or gloominess of temper, as must poison all enjoyment, and render him equally miserable as if he had been loaded with the most grievous misfortunes.


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It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it, even with the best right, but without being OBLIGED to do so, proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring beyond measure.


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...deeds require time even after they are done before they can be seen and heard.


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...it is irrational and poor-spirited not to seek conveniences for fear of losing them, for upon the same account we should not allow ourselves to like wealth, glory, or wisdom, since we may fear to be deprived of all these.


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All revolutions have been brought about by the few militant individuals with forceful characters. A new society must be built upon such characters--strong, compelling, class-conscious, casting on the rubbish heap all morality created by the upper class.


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It concerns us, rather, to be somewhat here present, than to leave something behind us; for, if that were to be considered, it is never the deed men praise, but some marble or canvas, which are only a staging to the real work. The hugest and most effective deed may have no sensible result at all on earth, but may paint itself in the heavens with new stars and constellations. When in rare moments our whole being strives with one consent, which we name a yearning, we may not hope that our work will stand in any artist's gallery on earth. The bravest deed, which for the most part is left quite out of history,—which alone wants the staleness of a deed done, and the uncertainty of a deed doing,—is the life of a great man. To perform exploits is to be temporarily bold, as becomes a courage that ebbs and flows,—the soul, quite vanquished by its own deed, subsiding into indifference and cowardice; but the exploit of a brave life consists in its momentary completeness.

[Part III.]


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     Boldness -- Added : March 12, 2020

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