Walter Bagehot: “Gamblers to this day are, with respect to the chance part of their game, in much the same plight as savages with respect…”

Carlyle has taught the present generation many lessons, and one of these is that 'God-fearing' armies are the best armies.

If the above reasoning be sound, compulsory constituencies are necessary, voluntary constituencies destructive; the optional transferability of votes is not a salutary aid, but a ruinous innovation.

Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.

He had seen that LEISURE is the great need of early societies, and slaves only can give men leisure.