Maniacs of the written word can always find something to disagree about.
[I had to] accept the world as God had made it, not as I thought that he ought to have made it or as I would have made it if I had been given the chance.
The most intelligent of men must be crazy on some one point to be really well-balanced and a useful member of society.
And finally, when the author's efforts at doctoring mankind had failed --
I had tried to benefit mankind...to the best of my ability. I had tried to be of some service to those who were less fortunate than I. And they had risen in their wrath and had destroyed me because I had dared to deprive them of what was dearer to them than life itself -- their misery.
~ With heartfelt thanks to Mr. Hendrick van Loon, a brilliant man in any age. And as all brilliant men - and women - must be, misunderstood by all but his closest friends.
