A Boy In Love Is Not Mainly

The Days On Which One Has Been The Most Inquisitive Are Among The Days On Which One Has Been Happiest.

The Lovers Of Beauty Must Unite In A League, And Carry Out Some Great Propagandist Work Through The Country. They Must Demand The Extermination Of The Bulldog And The Dismantling Of The Cheap Villa, Both Of Which Are Responsible For A Deal Of Our Contentment Amid Ugliness.

On The Whole, However, The Critic Is Far Less Of A Professional Faultfinder Than Is Sometimes Imagined. He Is First Of All A Virtue-finder, A Singer Of Praise. He Is Not Concerned With Getting Rid Of Dross Except In So Far As It Hides The Gold. In Other Words, The Destructive Side Of Criticism Is Purely A Subsidiary Affair. None Of The Best Critics Have Been Men Of Destructive Minds. They Are Like Gardeners Whose Business Is More With The Flowers Than With The Weeds.

Dostoevsky's Visible World Was A World Of Sensationalism. He May In The Last Analysis Be A Great Mystic Or A Great Psychologist; But He Almost Always Reveals His Genius On A Stage Crowded With People Who Behave Like The Men And Women One Reads About In The Police News.

The Art Of Writing History Is The Art Of Emphasizing The Significant Facts At The Expense Of The Insignificant. And It Is The Same In Every Field Of Knowledge. Knowledge Is Power Only If A Man Knows What Facts Not To Bother About.