A Grecian History, Perfectly Written Should Be

A Church Is Disaffected When It Is Persecuted, Quiet When It Is Tolerated, And Actively Loyal When It Is Favored And Cherished.

He Who, In An Enlightened And Literary Society, Aspires To Be A Great Poet, Must First Become A Little Child. He Must Take To Pieces The Whole Web Of His Mind. He Must Unlearn Much Of That Knowledge Which Has Perhaps Constituted Hitherto His Chief Title To Superiority. His Very Talents Will Be A Hindrance To Him.

To Be A Really Good Historian Is Perhaps The Rarest Of Intellectual Distinctions.

Even The Law Of Gravitation Would Be Brought Into Dispute Were There A Pecuniary Interest Involved.

We Must Succumb To The General Influence Of The Times. No Man Can Be Of The Tenth Century, If He Would; Be Must Be A Man Of The Nineteenth Century.