The Talked-about Is Always The Last To

The Bicycle... Has Been Responsible For More Movement In Manners And Morals Than Anything Since Charles The Second. Under Its Influence, Wholly Or In Part, Have Blossomed Weekends, Strong Nerves, Strong Legs, Strong Language... Equality Of Sex, Good Digestion And Professional Occupation - In Four Words, The Emanicipation Of Women.

The Talked-about Is Always The Last To Hear The Talk . . .

Religion Was Nearly Dead Because There Was No Longer Real Belief In Future Life; But Something Was Struggling To Take Its Place - Service - Social Service - The Ants Creed, The Bees Creed.

By The Cigars They Smoke, And The Composers They Love, Ye Shall Know The Texture Of Men's Souls.

The Forsytes Were Resentful Of Something, Not Individually, But As A Family; This Resentment Expressed Itself In An Added Perfection Of Raiment, An Exuberance Of Family Cordiality, An Exaggeration Of Family Importance, And The Sniff. Danger So Indispensable In Bringing Out The Fundamental Quality Of Any Society, Group, Or Individual Was What The Forsytes Scented; The Premonition Of Danger Put A Burnish On Their Armour. For The First Time, As A Family, They Appeared To Have An Instinct Of Being In Contact, With Some Strange And Unsafe Thing.