As we hold in derision now the discovery of the philosopher's stone and perpetual motion, so future generations will look upon this fetich of our tim… - Joel Benton

If it is to have the fat meat in its pudding, on what principle can it free itself from responsibility for the lean?

Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite </br> All are on their rounds to-night,— </br> In the wan moon's silver ray </br> Thrives their helter-skelter play.

Wealth itself is an inequality which renders possible the most lurid contrast in conditions of human happiness. ... But you can not abolish wealth without punishing economy and thrift, and taking away the incentive to rise in the world. You can only abolish it by abolishing civilization, to which wealth and poverty are incidents; and poverty you can not abolish, either while civilization lasts or after it is destroyed.