John Jay Chapman

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#call #does #get #mankind #our

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#benevolence #craving #gift #himself #implies

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#characters #deep #four #half #half hours

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

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The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

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The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

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Too much agreement kills the chat. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

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