Above All Nations Is Humanity.

The Novelist Must Look On Humanity Without Partiality Or Prejudice. His Sympathy, Like That Of The Historian, Must Be Unbounded, And Untainted By Sect Or Party.

The Father Of Confederation Is Deadlock.

As To London We Must Console Ourselves With The Thought That If Life Outside Is Less Poetic Than It Was In The Days Of Old, Inwardly Its Poetry Is Much Deeper.

Art Is Expression, And To Have High Expression You Must Have Something High To Express.

There Is A Spell In Mediaeval Art Which Has Had Power To Bewitch Some People Into Trying, Or Wishing To Try, Or Fancying That They Wish To Try Or Making Believe To Fancy That They Wish To Try, To Bring Back The Middle Ages.