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But Of All Nations In The World The English Are Perhaps The Least A Nation Of Pure Philosophers.

Throughout The Greater Part Of His Life George Iii Was A Kind Of 'consecrated Obstruction'.

War Both Needs And Generates Certain Virtues; Not The Highest, But What May Be Called The Preliminary Virtues, As Valor, Veracity, The Spirit Of Obedience, The Habit Of Discipline. Any Of These, And Of Others Like Them, When Possessed By A Nation, And No Matter How Generated, Will Give Them A Military Advantage, And Make Them More Likely To Stay In The Race Of Nations.

The Best History Is But Like The Art Of Rembrandt; It Casts A Vivid Light On Certain Selected Causes, On Those Which Were Best And Greatest; It Leaves All The Rest In Shadow And Unseen.

The Habit Of Common And Continuous Speech Is A Symptom Of Mental Deficiency. It Proceeds From Not Knowing What Is Going On In Other People's Minds.