A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness.
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About William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was a 19th-century American social scientist. William Graham Sumner was an American clergyman, social scientist, and neoclassical liberal. He taught social sciences at Yale University, where he held the nation's first professorship in sociology and became one of the most influential teachers at any major school. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it