Civilization Quote by Henry Latham Doherty

“As civilization progresses, we should improve our laws basically, not superficially. Many things that are lawful are highly immoral and some things which are moral are unlawful.”

Henry Latham Doherty

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The man who will neither play nor do business unless everything is just to his liking and notions, retards rather than contributes to progress.

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Those who do the most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand the least.

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My idea of the real aristocrat is the master workman, no matter what his line of work may be.

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