Jones Very is gone into the multitude as solitary as Jesus. In dismissing him, I seem to have discharged an arrow into the heart of Society. Wherever that young enthusiast goes, he will astonish and disconcert men by dividing for them the cloud that covers the gulf in man. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1838 journal, about Jones Very

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world. – Walter Savage Landor

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door. – Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887