It is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest.

There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper-no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of the point.

Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood and deny them truth for many generations of time. But the soul of man thus held in trance or frozen in a long night can be awakened by a spark coming from God knows where and in a moment the whole structure of lies and oppression is on trial for its life.