"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."--Montesquieu, Spirit of the laws, 1748. From the series Great Ideas.

Yards Portrait (Back o' the Yards #6) Mitchell Siporin

Field of Varicolored Grasses in Late Sum... William Henry Holmes

The Musketeer Alice Pike Barney

American Waterlily (Castalia odorata) Mary Vaux Walcott

Fish Decoy

Woman Knitting Paul Wayland Bartlett