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

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.

A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.

Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon.

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

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

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