The Insular Arrogance Of The English Character

In My Youth,geology Was Nervously Striving To Accommodate Itself To Genesis. Now It Is Genesis That Is Striving To Accommodate Itself To Geology.

Above All Nations Is Humanity.

The Father Of Confederation Is Deadlock.

Ancient History, Besides The Still Unequalled Excellence Of The Writers, Is The Best Instrument For Cultivating The Historical Sense.

Yet For My Part, Deeply As I Am Moved By The Religious Architecture Of The Middle Ages, I Cannot Honestly Say That I Ever Felt The Slightest Emotion In Any Modern Gothic Church.