John Morley: “If that is all, we can only say that seldom has so puny a mouse come forth from so imposing a mountain.”

We ought to be able to separate in thought the question of the grounds and evidence for a given dogma being true, from the distinct and purely historic question of the social and intellectual conditions which made men accept it for true.

With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.

But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.

Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.