There Is No Disinfectant Like Success.

The Hero Was Distinguished By His Achievement; The Celebrity By His Name Or Trademark.

Each Living Art Object, Taken Out Of Its Native Habitat So We Can Conveniently Gaze At It, Is Like An Animal In A Zoo. Something About It Has Died In The Removal.

[the Library Of Congress] Is A Multimedia Encyclopedia. These Are The Tentacles Of A Nation. [referring To The Diverse Holdings Of The Library, Including Motion Pictures, Photographs, Recordings, Posters And Other Historic Objects Which Collectively Far Outnumber The Books]

There's Something Beautifully Soothing About A Fact — Even (or Perhaps Especially) If We're Not Sure What It Means.

American Civilization, From Its Beginnings, Had Combined A Dogmatic Confidence In The Future With A Naive Puzzlement Over What The Future Might Bring.