Thou makest the man, O Sorrow!--yes, the whole man,--as the crucible gold.
The impartiality of history is not that of the mirror, which merely reflects objects, but of the judge, who sees, listens, and decides.
Man is God by his faculty for thought.
Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.
Mystery hovers over all things here below.
History teaches everything, even the future.