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A Severe Though Not Unfriendly Critic Of Our Institutions Said That The Cure For Admiring The House Of Lords Was To Go And Look At It.

The Real Essence Of Work Is Concentrated Energy.

The Reason Why So Few Good Books Are Written Is, That So Few People That Can Write Know Anything. In General An Author Has Always Lived In A Room, Has Read Books, Has Cultivated Science, Is Acquainted With The Style And Sentiments Of The Best Authors, But He Is Out Of The Way Of Employing His Own Eyes And Ears. He Has Nothing To Hear And Nothing To See. His Life Is A Vacuum.

The Business Of Banking Ought To Be Simple. If It Is Hard It Is Wrong. The Only Securities Which A Banker, Using Money That He May Be Asked At Short Notice To Repay, Ought To Touch, Are Those Which Are Easily Saleable And Easily Intelligible.

What Impresses Men Is Not Mind, But The Result Of Mind.