For the nature of the gods must ever of itself enjoy repose supreme through endless time, far withdrawn from all concerns of ours; free from all our pains, free from all our perils, strong in resources of its own, needing nought from us, no favours win it, no anger moves.
Morley reflects on the nature of divine existence, emphasizing its detachment from human concerns.
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People still believe that Russian diplomats are particularly crafty and clever, full of artifices and stratagems, but that is not the case.
True merit once resigned, No trick nor feint will serve as well.
Gladstone protested against the bill as “inequitable, unusual, and unwise,” and it was largely modified in committee.
Yet he had prepared this document for the very purpose of tempting France into a declaration of war.
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