It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city.
Goldwin SmithWe Jews regard our race as superior to all humanity, and look forward, not to its ultimate union with other races, but to its triumph over them.
Goldwin SmithYet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church.
Goldwin Smith