The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.