Few Men Can Afford To Be Angry.

[milton] Calls The University "a Stony-hearted Step-mother."

A Conventional Good Read Is Usually A Bad Read, A Relaxing Bath In What We Know Already. A True Good Read Is Surely An Act Of Innovative Creation In Which We, The Readers, Become Conspirators.

History Is A Pageant And Not A Philosophy.

Poetry Should Be Vital--either Stirring Our Blood By Its Divine Movements Or Snatching Our Breath By Its Divine Perfection. To Do Both Is Supreme Glory, To Do Either Is Enduring Fame.

I Am Far Too Much In Doubt About The Present, Far Too Perturbed .about The Future, To Be Otherwise Than Profoundly Reverential About The Past.