The history of the Jews is the only early document known to most Englishmen, and the facts can be judged sufficiently from that.

The Ten Commandments which have been found substantially common to mankind were merely military commands; a code of regimental orders, issued to protect a certain ark across a certain desert.

Anarchy was evil because it endangered the sanctity.

And only when they made a holy day for God did they find they had made a holiday for men.
If it be granted that this primary devotion to a place or thing is a source of creative energy, we can pass on to a very peculiar fact.

Let us reiterate for an instant that the only right optimism is a sort of universal patriotism.