Thoughts At Fourscore And Earlier a Medley
Thoughts At Fourscore And Earlier a Medley
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The right Use of Time is to gain power. I have said that we should gain knowledge in order to gain truth, and truth that we may gain character ; and I add, that we should gain character that we may gain power. " Power ! " some may object, on first thought ; " do you mean to say tJiat is a right use of Time ? " Yes. Pray, who and what is a powerless man ? Nothing : nobody. What are the working classes politically . '' Nothing : nobody. They had no votes till lately. What is a penniless beggar in... a company of capitalists ? Nothing : no- body. He has no gift of speech : no power in his tongue. What is a paralytic where a stone many tons' weight has to be raised by levers . -' Nothing : nobody. He had no nervous force : no power, in his limbs.
Now a man without the power resulting from 262 THOUGHTS AT FOURSCORE.
character may be compared to any of these. It is lamentably true that power may be won without character. But I speak not of the power which enables a man, however vile, to trample on the rights and freedom of others — of " imperial " power, and a throne, which may be gained by wading through a pool of blood wantonly and ferociously shed from the hearts of the innocent and un- offending !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The right Use of Time is to gain power. I have said that we should gain knowledge in order to gain truth, and truth that we may gain character ; and I add, that we should gain character that we may gain power. " Power ! " some may object, on first thought ; " do you mean to say tJiat is a right use of Time ? " Yes. Pray, who and what is a powerless man ? Nothing : nobody. What are the working classes politically . '' Nothing : nobody. They had no votes till lately. What is a penniless beggar in... a company of capitalists ? Nothing : no- body. He has no gift of speech : no power in his tongue. What is a paralytic where a stone many tons' weight has to be raised by levers . -' Nothing : nobody. He had no nervous force : no power, in his limbs.
Now a man without the power resulting from 262 THOUGHTS AT FOURSCORE.
character may be compared to any of these. It is lamentably true that power may be won without character. But I speak not of the power which enables a man, however vile, to trample on the rights and freedom of others — of " imperial " power, and a throne, which may be gained by wading through a pool of blood wantonly and ferociously shed from the hearts of the innocent and un- offending !
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