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Author Bennett's life was a literal translation of his literary creed: "An artist works only to satisfy himself, and for the applause and appreciation neither of his fellows alive nor his fellows yet unborn. I would not care a bilberry for posterity. I should be my own justest judge, from whom there was no appeal; and having satisfied him ... I should be content-as an artist. As a man, I should be disgusted if I could not earn plenty of money and the praise of the discriminating." To earn a Man's share of cash, Author Bennett...
...think of England?" she said in answer to a correspondent's question. "What would any country think of another which held it in subjugation? It is vain to expect justice from a race so blind and drunk with the arrogance of power,* the bitter prejudice of race and creed and color, drunk moreover with abysmal ignorance...
...more frequently acted upon than taught the precepts of his calling. He knew no strict creed, beyond the dogma of the useful life. His mind and spirit were the only art which he possessed, yet they were manifest in all he did or said. As a teacher he was more interested in developing keen and unaffected minds than careful theologians. As a minister he sought to instill the precepts of his Christianity in the minds of his people. As a beleiver in religion he cared less for what it was than for what it might...
...thought, for his vigorous dissents from majority opinions, for his literary grace and phrasemaking, it is likely that he will be remembered longest as a great abstract thinker, a philosopher who practiced his profession under the guise of the law. Years ago he gave Harvard students his high intellectual creed in these words...
...Gandhi has stated as part of his creed that civil disobedience is not only a natural right of the people . . . but that it is also an effective substitute for violence or armed rebellion. Experience has proven time and time again that in India civil disobedience cannot be carried on without violence...