It is only now and then, in a jungle, or amidst the towering white menace of a burnt or burning Australian forest, that Nature strips the moral veils from vegetation and we apprehend its stark ferocity.

So utterly at variance is Destiny with all the little plans of men.

It's no use locking the door after the steed is stolen.

Will is stronger than fact: it can mold and overcome fact.

...fact takes no heed of human hopes.

The War That Will End War.

The Jews looked for a special savior, a messiah, who was to redeem mankind by the agreeable process of restoring the fabulous glories of David and Solomon, and bringing the whole world at last under the firm but benevolent Jewish heel.