Quotes by Macaulay, Thomas B.

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. >>

Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in i >>

The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, >>

Quotations about Progress

Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised >>

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still. >>

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, be >>

Time advances: facts accumulate; doubts arise. Faint glimpses of truth begin to appear, and shine more and more unto the perfect day. The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn. They are bright, while the level below is still in darkness. But soon the light, which at first illuminated only the loftiest eminences, descends on the plain, and penetrates to the deepest valley. First come hints, then fragments of systems, then defective systems, then complete and harmonious systems. The sound opinion, held for a time by one bold speculator, becomes the opinion of a small minority, of a strong minority, of a majority of mankind. Thus, the great progress goes on.

Macaulay, Thomas B.