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

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

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

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

According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.