Article December 25, 1902 Issue

If you let a single ray of light through the shutter, it will...

Thoreau with contributions from Roosevelt

If you let a single ray of light through the shutter, it will go on diffusing itself without limit till it enlightens the world; but the shadow that was never so wide at first, as rapidly contracts till it comes to naught. The shadow of the moon, when it passes nearest the sun, is lost in space ere it can reach our earth to eclipse it. Always the System shines with uninterrupted light; for as the sun is so much larger than any planet, no shadow can travel far into space. We may bask always in the light of the system, always may step back out of the shade. ... There is no ill which may not be dissipated like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it. Overcome evil with good. Practise no such narrow economy as they whose bravery amounts to no more than a farthing candle, before which most objects cast a shadow wider than themselves.
Thoreau.

In the long run the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.
President Roosevelt.

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