Walter Bagehot: “No doubt the deductions may be right; in most writers they are so; but where did the premises come from?”

All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.

Now it is not conceivable that a race of beings with valuable instincts supporting their existence and supplying their wants would need these simple tools.

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

The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.