To A Great Experience One

The Characteristic Danger Of Great Nations, Like The Romans Or The English Which Have A Long History Of Continuous Creation, Is That They May At Last Fail From Not Comprehending The Great Institutions Which They Have Created

No Great Work Has Ever Been Produced Except After A Long Interval Of Still And Musing Meditation.

To A Great Experience One Thing Is Essential, An Experiencing Nature.

Whatever Expenditure Is Sanctioned - Even When It Is Sanctioned Against The Ministry's Wish - The Ministry Must Find The Money. Accordingly, They Have The Strongest Motive To Oppose Extra Outlay. The Ministry Is (so To Speak) The Breadwinner Of The Political Family, And Has To Meet The Cost Of Philanthropy And Glory; Just As The Head Of A Family Has To Pay For The Charities Of His Wife And The Toilette Of His Daughters.

In Early Times Every Sort Of Advantage Tends To Become A Military Advantage; Such Is The Best Way, Then, To Keep It Alive. But The Jewish Advantage Never Did So; Beginning In Religion, Contrary To A Thousand Analogies, It Remained Religious.