Rome Was Great In Arms, In Government,

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.

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.

There Are The Manufacturing Multitudes Of England; They Must Have Work, And Find Markets For Their Work; If Machines And The Black Country Are Ugly, Famine Would Be Uglier Still.

America Is Supposed To Be Given Over To Ugliness. There Are A Good Many Ugly Things There And The Ugliest Are The Most Pretentious.

The Natural Barriers Between England And Scotland Were Not Sufficient To Prevent The Extension Of The Saxon Settlements And Kingdoms Across The Border.