He dismissed with indignation the idea of breakfasting on a roll, and bacon and eggs were added unto him.

In short, by a straightforward policy of studying nobody else, he compelled everybody else to study him.
Now it is idle to deny this performance the applause which it plainly deserves.

The self-evolution of England, as it may perhaps be called, in its economic, political, and literary life, offers an admirable model of concentration and energy.

Even where it is a case of obtuseness to other civilisations, at least as high but of a different type, the verdict cannot be wholly unfavourable.

The Kingdom of Earth is to the thick-skinned, and bad manners have a distinct vital value.