Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.

Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit.

America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious.

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.

Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?

The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.

Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.