Nations Touch At Their Summits.

What Impresses Men Is Not Mind, But The Result Of Mind.

Credit Means That A Certain Confidence Is Given, And A Certain Trust Reposed. Is That Trust Justified? And Is That Confidence Wise? These Are The Cardinal Questions. To Put It More Simply Credit Is A Set Of Promises To Pay; Will Those Promises Be Kept?

History Is Strewn With The Wrecks Of Nations Which Have Gained A Little Progressiveness At The Cost Of A Great Deal Of Hard Manliness, And Have Thus Prepared Themselves For Destruction As Soon As The Movements Of The World Have A Chance For It.

It Has Been Said That England Invented The Phrase, 'her Majesty's Opposition'; That It Was The First Government Which Made A Criticism Of Administration As Much A Part Of The Polity As Administration Itself. This Critical Opposition Is The Consequence Of Cabinet Government.

An Influential Member Of Parliament Has Not Only To Pay Much Money To Become Such, And To Give Time And Labour, He Has Also To Sacrifice His Mind Too - At Least All The Characteristics Part Of It That Which Is Original And Most His Own.