I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man!-To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in ours as a companion! To receive from his contemporaries that full homage which men of genius have in general received only from posterity; to be more intimately known to posterity than other men are known to their contemporaries!

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.

A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false.