Whatever our creed or belief, we all know that there is no way back, that we must fight our way through.

But one sound always rose above the clamor of busy life and, no matter how much of a tintinnabulation, was never confused and, fora moment lifted everything into an ordered sphere: that of the bells.

Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.

Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment.

If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.

William James once said: "Progress is a terrible thing." It is more than that: it is also a highly ambiguous notion. For who knowsbut that a little further on the way a bridge may not have collapsed or a crevice split the earth?

No other discipline has its portals so wide open to the general public as history.