Books of the avant-garde either establish themselves as books of lasting value, or they slip from the rear guard into the discard, and I believe the … - Robertson Davies

The past is only partly irrecoverable. The clerisy should accord it at least as much courtesy as they offer to the future.

An important aspect of Nonconformity was its cult of the Bible as the fount of all wisdom. But the Bible takes much of its colour from whoever is reading it, and it provides a text to support almost every shade of opinion, however preposterous.

There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a volume as Who Really Ought To Be Who his entry would require several pages.