We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.

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

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

It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it ... for the supreme act of judgment and selection.

Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.

We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.