They were moments when she was suddenly reminded of her child, and perhaps also of the man she had loved; the breaking of links with the past is a painful thing.

“He who despairs is wrong.”

“Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.”

“Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and …”

“The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet perm…”