No man demands what he desires; each man demands what he fancies he can get. Soon people forget what the man really wanted first; and after a successful and vigorous political life, he forgets it himself. The whole is an extravagant riot of second bests, a pandemonium of pis-aller.

“The substance of all such paganism may be summarised thus. It is an attempt to …”

“If grass grows and withers, it can only mean that it is part of a greater thing…”

“But if he has lost the sane vision, he can only get it back by something very l…”

“Nonsense!' said Gregory, who was very rational when anyone else attempted parad…”