The History Of The Race Is But

It Is Always Understood As An Expression Of Condemnation When Anything In Literature Or Art Is Said To Be Done For Effect; And Yet To Produce An Effect Is The Aim And End Of Both.

The History Of The Race Is But That Of The Individual "writ Large".

Good Writers Are Of Necessity Rare.

There Are Occasions When The Simplest And Fewest Words Surpass In Effect All The Wealth Of Rhetorical Amplification.

The True Function Of Philosophy Is To Educate Us In The Principles Of Reasoning And Not To Put An End To Further Reasoning By The Introduction Of Fixed Conclusions.