Ancestral Voices Prophesying War.

Is Duty A Mere Sport, Or An Employ! Life An Entrusted Talent Or A Toy!

The True Key To The Declension Of The Roman Empire Which Is Not To Be Found In All Gibbon 's Immense Work May Be Stated In Two Words: The Imperial Character Overlaying, And Finally Destroying, The National Character. Rome Under Trajan Was An Empire Without A Nation.

Painting Is The Intermediate Somewhat Between A Thought And A Thing.

So Lonely 'twas That God Himself Scarce Seemed There To Be.

And They Three Passed Over The White Sands, Between The Rocks, Silent As The Shadows.