Walter Bagehot: “The rise of physical science, the first great body of practical truth provable to all men, exemplifies this in the…”

The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.

I do not think I put this too high when I say that a most important if not the most important object of early legislation was the enforcement of LUCKY rites.

In early society, originality in life was forbidden and repressed by the fixed rule of life.

But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.