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Category Archive: 1839

Frances E. Willard Quote: “This seems to be the law…”

This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to be actually going out of the way, and yet it turns out that we were really moving upward all the time.

March 12, 2021 1839, American, Frances E. Willard, Quotes by Activists, September 28

Charles Sanders Peirce Quote: “A quality is something capable of…”

A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied in its character as a law except by determining a habit. A quality is how something may or might have been. A law is how an endless future must continue to be.

March 5, 2021 1839, American, Charles Sanders Peirce, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Frances E. Willard Quote: “In externals we advance with lightening…”

In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.

February 9, 2021 1839, American, Frances E. Willard, Quotes by Activists, September 28

Charles Sanders Peirce Quote: “Every new concept first comes to…”

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

November 25, 2020 1839, American, Charles Sanders Peirce, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Frances E. Willard Quote: “Temperance is moderation in the things…”

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

November 22, 2020 1839, American, Frances E. Willard, Quotes by Activists, September 28

Frances E. Willard Quote: “The world is wide, and I…”

The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

July 5, 2020 1839, American, Frances E. Willard, Quotes by Activists, September 28

Charles Sanders Peirce Quote: “Bad reasoning as well as good…”

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.

January 25, 2020 1839, American, Charles Sanders Peirce, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Charles Sanders Peirce Quote: “The final upshot of thinking is…”

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.

January 23, 2020 1839, American, Charles Sanders Peirce, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Charles Sanders Peirce Quote: “Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied…”

Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter is a calm and satisfactory state which we do not wish to avoid, or to change to a belief in anything else.

January 2, 2020 1839, American, Charles Sanders Peirce, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Charles Sanders Peirce Quote: “It is impossible not to envy…”

It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last.

November 24, 2019 1839, American, Charles Sanders Peirce, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

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