Walter Bagehot: “Careful observers have long perceived this, but it was made palpable to every one by the death of the Prince Consort.”

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

Nothing promotes intellect like intellectual discussion, and nothing promotes intellectual discussion so much as government by discussion.

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

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