Personality Is Lower Than Partiality.

But If Anyone Supposes That There Was No Commercial Fraud In The Middle Ages, Let Him Study The Commercial Legislation Of England For That Period, And His Mind Will Be Satisfied, If He Has A Mind To Be Satisfied And Not Only A Fancy To Run Away With Him.

The Materials Of The Novelist Must Be Real; They Must Be Gathered From The Field Of Humanity By His Actual Observation.

Rome Was Great In Arms, In Government, In Law.

Dante Himself Is Open To The Suspicion Of Partiality: It Is Said, Not Without Apparent Ground, That He Puts Into Hell All The Enemies Of The Political Cause, Which, In His Eyes, Was That Of Italy And God.

America Is Supposed To Be Given Over To Ugliness. There Are A Good Many Ugly Things There And The Ugliest Are The Most Pretentious.