"There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort."

Next Quote

Man gains wider dominion by his intellect than by his right arm. The mustard-seed of thought is a pregnant treasury of vast results. Like the germ in the Egyptian tombs its vitality never perishes; and its fruit will spring up after it has been buried for long ages.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin