It is the essence of a democracy to acknowledge that some men for the time being are more important in it than others, and that these men, whosoever they are, in whatever order of society they may be—­poor, rich, famous, obscure—­these men who think for others, who save others and invent others, who make it possible for others to invent themselves, these men shall be saved first.

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One always thinks at first that one would like to make a diagram of human nature.  It would be neat and convenient.

Then one discovers that no diagram one can make of human nature—­unless one makes what might be called a kind of squirming diagram will really work.

Then one tries to imagine what a flowing diagram would be like.

Then it occurs to one, one has seen a flowing diagram.

A Tree is a flowing diagram.

So I am putting down on this page for what it may be worth, what I have called A Family Tree of Folks.

Read across: 

=INVENTORS= =ARTISTS= =HEWERS=

Inventors Organizers Labourers

Imagination Applied Imagination Tool or Mechanism

Fecundity Control Activity

Seer Poet Actor

{ The Man who Sees the } The Man who Generalizes {General in the Particular} Action

The Deeper Permanent {The Immediate Significance} Hewing
Significance { or Meaning }

Light Applied Light or Heat Applied Heat or
          
                                              Motion

Stevenson and Wall James J. Hill Railway Hands

Creating Creative Selecting Hewing

The Democrat {The Aristocrat or} The Crowd
                         { Crowdman }

Gods Heroes Men

Centrifugal Power Equilibrium Centripetal Power

The Whirl-Out People The Centre People The Whirl-In People

Alexander Graham Bell Telephone-Vail Hands

Architect Contractor Carpenter

Genius Artist Workmen

Columbus Columbus Isabella and the
          
                                              sailors

The Prospector The Engineer }Scoopers, Grabbers
                                                      }(in mind or body),
          
                                            }Hewers

David the poet David the king David the soldier