[w]ithout Humour You Cannot Run A Sweetie-shop,

History Gives Us A Kind Of Chart, And We Dare Not Surrender Even A Small Rushlight In The Darkness. The Hasty Reformer Who Does Not Remember The Past Will Find Himself Condemned To Repeat It.

We Can Pay Our Debts To The Past By Putting The Future In Debt To Ourselves.

The Church Of Christ Is An Anvil Which Has Worn Out Many Hammers. Our Opponents May Boast Of Their Strength, But They Do Not Realize What They Have Challenged.

It Would Scarcely Be Destruction," He Replied Gently. "let Us Call It Iconoclasm, The Swallowing Of Formulas, Which Has Always Had Its Full Retinue Of Idealists. And You Do Not Want A Napoleon . All That Is Needed Is Direction, Which Could Be Given By Men Of Far Lower Gifts Than A Bonaparte. In A Word, You Want A Power-house, And Then The Age Of Miracles Will Begin.

That Is The Supreme Value Of History. The Study Of It Is The Best Guarantee Against Repeating It.