Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
To destroy is still the strongest instinct of our nature.
Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.
There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.
It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.