The Insular Arrogance Of The English Character

The Roman Legions Were Formed In The First Instance Of Citizen Soldiers, Who Yet Had Been Made To Submit To A Rigid Discipline, And To Feel That In That Submission Lay Their Strength.

The Materials Of The Novelist Must Be Real; They Must Be Gathered From The Field Of Humanity By His Actual Observation.

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.

The Father Of Confederation Is Deadlock.

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.