Sublime

He is only a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of the Conservative.

This is the only final greatness of a man; that he does for all the world what all the world cannot do for itself. Dickens, I believe, did it.

Human nature is hunted and has fled into sanctuary.

He is more than clever, he is amusing. He is more than successful, he is alive. You will find him stranded here and there in all sorts of unknown positions, almost always in unsuccessful positions.

But I don’t see what a man can expect when he fights against arithmetic,

And the reason simply is that these philosophers, like so many modern philosophers, do not possess the patience to see what they are taking for granted.