Renown Awaits The Commander Who First Restores

It Is Easier To Give Directions Than Advice, And More Agreeable To Have The Right To Act, Even In A Limited Sphere, Than The Privilege To Talk At Large.

At The Depths Of That Dusty Soul There Is Nothing But Abject Surrender.

Want Of Foresight, Unwillingness To Act When Action Would Be Simple And Effective, Lack Of Clear Thinking, Confusion Of Counsel Until The Emergency Comes, Until Self-preservation Strikes Its Jarring Gong - These Are The Features Which Constitute The Endless Repetition Of History.

The Arts Are Essen­tial To Any Com­plete National Life. The State Owes It To Itself To Sus­tain And Encour­age Them. [...] Ill Fares The Race Which Fails To Salute The Arts With The Rev­er­ence And Delight Which Are Their Due.

The Story Of The Human Race Is War. Except For Brief And Precarious Interludes There Has Never Been Peace In The World; And Long Before History Began Murderous Strife Was Universal And Unending.