The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble.

As men advance in life, all passions resolve themselves into money. Love, ambition, even poetry, end in this.

What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to the beautiful. Instead of the city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Yet, rightly understood, Manchester is as great a human exploit; as Athens.

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.

Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.