An Atheist Is A Man Who Has

The Sea Has Formed The English Character And The Essential England Is To Be Found In Those Who Follow It. From Blue Waters They Have Learned Mercifulness, And They Have Also Learned - In The Grimmest Of Schools - Precision And Resolution. The Sea Endures No Makeshifts. If A Thing Is Not Exactly Right It Will Be Vastly Wrong.

I Am An Ordinary Sort Of Fellow, Not Braver Than Other People, But I Hate To See A Good Man Downed, And That Long Knife Would Not Be The End Of Scudder If I Could Play The Game In His Place.

It Would Scarcely Be Destruction," He Replied Gently. "let Us Call It Iconoclasm, The Swallowing Of Formulas, Which Has Always Had Its Full Retinue Of Idealists. And You Do Not Want A Napoleon . All That Is Needed Is Direction, Which Could Be Given By Men Of Far Lower Gifts Than A Bonaparte. In A Word, You Want A Power-house, And Then The Age Of Miracles Will Begin.

Any Large-scale Organization Must Lose Some Of The Merits Of Its Rudimentary Beginnings. Quantity Will Have A Coarsening Effect On Quality.

Most True Points Are Fine Points. There Never Was A Dispute Between Mortals Where Both Sides Hadn't A Bit Of Right.