One day it will be carefully investigated, elucidated and made conceivable and certain to mankind: but that as yet is far from being the case.

We walk about in it with astonishment; almost, were it possible, with incredulity.

Expenditure on this side, work done on that: human nature, especially British human nature, refuses to conceive it.

Never in this world, before or since, was the like.

The Friedrich miracles in War are great; but those in Finance are almost greater.