The motive power of the safety-first movement is a realization of the fact that lives and limbs need not be sacrificed to any desired result… – The Anode by the Bureau of Safety of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., March 1917
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them. – Charles Caleb Colton
My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it. – Georg Brandes
