As far as my experience goes, men of genius are fairly gifted with the social qualities; and in this age, there appears to be a fellow-feeling among them, which had not heretofore been developed. As men, they ask nothing better than to be on equal terms with their fellow-men; and as authors, they have thrown aside their proverbial jealousy, and acknowledge a generous brotherhood.

I have not lived, but only dreamed about living.

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be i…

As the moral gloom of the world overpowers all systematic gaiety, even so was their home of wild mirth made desolate amid the sad forest.

Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

The weekend began with the expectation that there would be a series of lectures and informative discussions with emphasis on content. It gradually emerged that…

This has not been a scientist's war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand o…