The Moment We Want To Believe Something,

Those Who Admire Modern Civilization Usually Identify It With The Steam Engine And The Electric Telegraph.

For The Pre-darwinian Age Had Come To Be Regarded As A Dark Age In Which Men Still Believed That The Book Of Genesis Was A Standard Scientific Treatise, And That The Only Additions To It Were Galileo'a Demonstration Of Leonardo Da Vinci's Simple Remark That The Earth Is A Moon Of The Sun, Sir Humphrey Davy's Invention Of The Safety Lamp, The Discovery Of Electricity, The Application Of Steam To Industrial Purposes, And The Penny Post.

The British Churchgoer Prefers A Severe Preacher Because He Thinks A Few Home Truths Will Do His Neighbors No Harm.

A Pessimist Is A Man Who Thinks Everybody Is As Nasty As Himself, And Hates Them For It.

Those Who Are Looking For Paradise On Earth Should Come And See Dubrovnik.