Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit.
Goldwin SmithNever had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.
Goldwin SmithNo student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest.
Goldwin SmithThe materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.
Goldwin Smith