The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious and political, were largely in the process of dissolution, but we did not realise the fact, and therefore did not look for new foundations.

It is due to him that the Roman concepts of public duty and service are still a living force among us. Historians have denied him the name of genius which they…

We had our pride shattered, and without humility there can be no humanity.

The true achievement of Augustus is that he saved the world from disintegration. Without him Rome must have lost her conquests one by one, and seen them relaps…

We in England underrate the danger of this kind of thing, because our traditions and our past security have given us a sentimental belief that it all comes rig…

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by steppin…

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.