Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central powerhouses. The conflict is no longer between the men, but between the motors that drive the men, and the men tend to succumb to their own motive forces.

Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where their influence stops.

A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights.

Henry James chews more than he bites off.

As History stands, it is a sort of Chinese Play, without end and without lesson.

Nothing is easier than to teach historical method, but, when learned, it has little use.