The Western Poet And Writer Of Romance

One Of The Great Defects Of English Books Printed In The Last Century Is The Want Of An Index.

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.

Of Course, The Simple Explanation Of The Fact Is That Marriage Is The Most Important Act Of Man's Life In Europe Or America, And That Everything Depends Upon It.

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.

It Has Been Wisely Observed By The Greatest Of Modern Thinkers That Mankind Has Progressed More Rapidly In Every Other Respect Than In Morality.