Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things.
James Freeman ClarkeUnmixed praise is not due to any one. It leaves behind a sense of unreality. We can only do justice to a great man by a discriminating criticism. Hero-worship, which paints a faultless monster, whom the world never saw, is like those modern pictures which are a blaze of light without any shadow.
James Freeman ClarkeIt is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.
James Freeman Clarke