Customs May Not Be As Wise As

My Objection To Liberalism Is This That It Is The Introduction Into The Practical Business Of Life Of The Highest Kind Namely, Politics Of Philosophical Ideas Instead Of Political Principles.

The Greeks Adored Their Gods By The Simple Compliment Of Kissing Their Hands; And The Romans Were Treated As Atheists If They Would Not Perform The Same Act When They Entered A Temple. This Custom, However, As A Religious Ceremony Declined With Paganism,but Was Continued As A Salutation By Inferiors To Their Superiors, Or As A Token Of Esteem Among Friends.

And It Is A Singular Truth That, Though A Man May Shake Off National Habits, Accent, Manner Of Thinking, Style Of Dress,--though He May Become Perfectly Identified With Another Nation, And Speak Its Language Well, Perhaps Better Than His Own,--yet Never Can He Succeed In Changing His Handwriting To A Foreign Style.

No Government Can Be Long Secure Without A Formidable Opposition.

No, It Is Better Not. She Will Only Ask Me To Take A Message To Albert.