The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown.

Never 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.

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.

Yet 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.

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

Above all nations is humanity.

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.