Speeches, Lectures, And Letters
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Truth never stirs up any trouble, — mere speculative truth. Plato taught, — nobody cared what he taught ; Socrates acted, and they poisoned him. It is when a man throws himself against society, that society is star- tled to persecute and to think. The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted. If he liad acted wrong, our generation would load down his grave with curses. He took the risk ; he took the curses of the present, but the blessings of tlie future swept the...m away, and God's sunlight rests upon his grave. That is what every brave man does.
It is an easy thing to sat/. The old fable is of Sisyplms rolling up a stone, and the moment he gets it up to the mountain-top, it rolls back again. So each generation, with much trouble and great energy and disinterested- ness, vindicates for a few of its sons the right to think ; and the moment they have vindicated the right, the stone rolls back again, — nobody else must think ! The battle must be fought every day, because the body rebels against the soul.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Truth never stirs up any trouble, — mere speculative truth. Plato taught, — nobody cared what he taught ; Socrates acted, and they poisoned him. It is when a man throws himself against society, that society is star- tled to persecute and to think. The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted. If he liad acted wrong, our generation would load down his grave with curses. He took the risk ; he took the curses of the present, but the blessings of tlie future swept the...m away, and God's sunlight rests upon his grave. That is what every brave man does.
It is an easy thing to sat/. The old fable is of Sisyplms rolling up a stone, and the moment he gets it up to the mountain-top, it rolls back again. So each generation, with much trouble and great energy and disinterested- ness, vindicates for a few of its sons the right to think ; and the moment they have vindicated the right, the stone rolls back again, — nobody else must think ! The battle must be fought every day, because the body rebels against the soul.
What to read after Speeches, Lectures, And Letters?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 to read onlineMoreLess
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