In the first place, all books that get fairly into the vital air of the world were written by the successful class, by the affirming and advancing class, who utter what tens of thousands feel though they cannot say.

I appeal now to the convictions of the communicants, and ask such persons whether they have not been occasionally conscious of a painful confusion of thought between the worship due to God and the commemoration due to Christ.

The present is an edifice which God cannot rebuild.

London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.

Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.

We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.

The religions are obsolete when the reforms do not proceed from them.