The Intelligentsia (scientists apart) are losing all touch with, and all influence over, nearly the whole human race. Our most esteemed poets and critics are read by our most esteemed critics and poets (who don't usually like them much) and nobody else takes any notice. An increasing number of highly literate people simply ignore what the 'Highbrows' are doing. It says nothing to them. The Highbrows in return ignore and insult them.

The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it.

And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins

How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints.

When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.

Scripture itself is not systematic; the New Testament shows the greatest variety. God has shown us that he can use any instrument. Balaam's ass, you remember, preached a very effective sermon in the midst of his 'hee-haws.'

We who have been true readers all our life fully realize the enormous of our being which we owe to authors.