It Is Pleasant To Be

Is This True Or Only Clever?

History Is A Pageant And Not A Philosophy.

It Is Pleasant To Be Admitted Into The Birth-chamber Of A Great Idea Destined To Be Translated Into Action.

Given Pounds And Five Years, And An Ordinary Man Can In The Ordinary Course, Without Any Undue Haste Or Putting Any Pressure Upon His Taste, Surround Himself With Books, All In His Own Language, And Thence Forward Have At Least One Place In The World.

There Are No Habits Of Man More Alien To The Doctrine Of The Communist Than Those Of The Collector