It is alarming ... to see Mr Gandhi, a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well-known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal Palace while he is still organising and conducting a campaign of civil disobedience.

Preposition: An enormously versatile part of grammar, as in 'What made you pick this book I didn't want to be read to out of up for?'

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Russian may seem narrow-minded, impudent, or even stupid people, but can only pray for those who are against them.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.