One Of The Great Defects Of English

Accordingly The Northern Races Of Europe Found Their Inspiration In The Bible; And The Enthusiasm For It Has Not Yet Quite Faded Away.

But The History Of The Changes Produced By A Universal Idea Is Not A History Of Changes In The Individual, But Of Changes Brought About By The Successive Efforts Of Millions Of Individuals In The Course Of Many Generations.

Some Persons Have Ventured To Say That It Is Only Since Englishmen Ceased To Believe In The Bible That They Began To Discover How Beautiful It Was.

But Every Great Scripture, Whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, Or Chinese, Apart From Its Religious Value Will Be Found To Have Some Rare And Special Beauty Of Its Own; And In This Respect The Original Bible Stands Very High As A Monument Of Sublime Poetry And Of Artistic Prose.

The Great Principle Of Western Society Is That Competition Rules Here As It Rules In Everything Else. The Best Man - That Is To Say, The Strongest And Cleverest - Is Likely To Get The Best Woman, In The Sense Of The Most Beautiful Person.