The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
The enjoyment of the choicest natural scenes in the country and the means of recreation connected with them is thus a monopoly, in a… — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor… — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
If we analyze the operations of scenes of beauty upon the mind, and consider the intimate relation of the mind upon the nervous system… — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me,… — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
