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.

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.

Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God.

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

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

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.