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.

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.

As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper.

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

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.

The father of confederation is deadlock.