Nations, Like Individuals, Interest Us In Their

The Eyes Of Critics, Whether In Commending Or Carping, Are Both On One Side, Like A Turbot's.

Vast Objects Of Remote Altitude Must Be Looked At A Long While Before They Are Ascertained. Ages Are The Telescope Tubes That Must Be Lengthened Out For Shakespeare; And Generations Of Men Serve But A Single Witness To His Claims.

The Wise Become As The Unwise In The Enchanted Chambers Of Power, Whose Lamps Make Every Face The Same Colour.

Despotism Sits Nowhere So Secure As Under The Effigy And Ensigns Of Freedom.

Those Who In Living Fill The Smallest Space, In Death Have Often Left The Greatest Void.