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Look to the past for guidance into the future.
Look to the past for guidance into the future.
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it read more
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they read more
Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.