One Of The Great Defects Of English

There Are Two Methods For The Literary Study Of Any Book - The First Being The Study Of Its Thought And Emotion; The Second Only That Of Its Workmanship. A Student Of Literature Should Study Some Of The Bible From Both Points Of View.

Literary Success Of Any Enduring Kind Is Made By Refusing To Do What Publishers Want, By Refusing To Write What The Public Wants, By Refusing To Accept Any Popular Standard, By Refusing To Write Anything To Order.

The More You Wish To Be, The Wiser You Are; While The Wish To Have Is Apt To Be Foolish In Proportion To Its Largeness.

The Fact, However, To Which I Want To Call Attention Is That The Master Of Judo Never Relies Upon His Own Strength. He Scarcely Uses His Own Strength In The Greatest Emergency. Then What Does He Use? Simply The Strength Of His Antagonist. The Force Of The Enemy Is The Only Means By Which That Enemy Is Overcome.

But What Is After All The Happiness Of Mere Power? There Is A Greater Happiness Possible Than To Be Lord Of Heaven And Earth; That Is The Happiness Of Being Truly Loved.