Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.

All translating seems to me to be simply an attempt to accomplish an impossible task.

Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.

Language is the spiritual exhalation of the nation.

Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.

It is an absolutely vain endeavor to attempt to reconstruct or even comprehend the nature of a human being by simply knowing the forces which have acted upon him. However deeply we should like to penetrate, however close we seem to be drawing to truth, one unknown quantity eludes us: man's primordial energy, his original self, that personality which was given him with the gift of life itself. On it rests man's true freedom; it alone determines his real character.

Faith can be interested in results only, for a truth once recognized as such puts an end to the believer's thinking.