With The End Of The Victorian Era,

Writing A Long And Substantial Book Is Like Having A Friend And Companion At Your Side, To Whom You Can Always Turn For Comfort And Amusement, And Whose Society Becomes More Attractive As A New And Widening Field Of Interest Is Lighted In The Mind.

Sir, We Must Beware Of Needless Innovation, Especially When Guided By Logic.

The Statesman Who Yields To War Fever Must Realise That Once The Signal Is Given, He Is No Longer The Master Of Policy But The Slave Of Unforeseeable And Uncontrollable Events.

I Have Watched This Famous Island Descending Incontinently, Fecklessly, The Stairway Which Lead To A Dark Gulf.

The Price Of Greatness Is Responsibility.