It Is Impossible For Us To Understand

The True Makes Of History Are The Spiritual Men Whom The World Knew Not, The Unregarded Agents Of The Creative Action Of The Spirit. The Supreme Instance Of This-the Key To The Christian Understanding Of History-is To Be Found In The Incarnation- The Presence Of The Maker Of The World In The World Unknown To The World. ... The Incarnation Is Itself In A Sense The Divine Fruit Of History-of The Fullness Of Time-and It Finds Its Extension And Completion In The Historic Life Of The Church.

But The West Did Not Last Long Enough. Its Folk Myths And Heroes Became Stage Properties Of Hollywood Before The Poets Had Begun To Get To Work On Them.

Unlike Other Peoples The United States Found Their Origin In A Deliberate Act Of Corporate Self-assertion, And Ever Since The Revolution Every Little American Has Been Taught To Associate Himself Personally With This Creative Act.

Man Can Know His World Without Falling Back On Revelation; He Can Live His Life Without Feeling His Utter Dependence On Supernatural Powers.

The Man Who Is Fond Of Books Is Usually A Man Of Lofty Thought, And Of Elevated Opinions.