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Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left.
The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.
I am a correctionist. If something is wrong in society, it must be fixed. At least one should try to fix it.
Nobody expects to find comfort and companion-ability in reformers.
Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.
Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking.
Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we must not correct too much.
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.
The religions are obsolete when the reforms do not proceed from them.
It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.
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