“Do you think I am in danger of floundering into moral mush? I don't.” A characteristically playful assertion that tolerance need not mean abandoning moral convictions · Letter to Maria Weston Chapman, December 25, 1883 Humour Morality Principles
“For me - no principle is endangered in his participation in this affair - more than in any other person's performance with whom I may have to do.” A pragmatic distinction between genuine principle and the personal peculiarities of others · Letter to Maria Weston Chapman, December 25, 1883 Judgement Principles Tolerance
