A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

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The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...

The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical...

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical...

To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country,...

To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country,...

Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters...

Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters...

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare...

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare...

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good...

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good...

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his...

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his...

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if...

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if...

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy...

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy...

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish,...

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish,...

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that...

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that...

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that...

There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that...

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.

He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.