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

Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'

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

Personality is lower than partiality.

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

Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.

Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.