
Source: The House Of Commons At Work (1993), Chapter 4, The Office of Speaker of the House of Commons, p. 46
Pt. I, Bk. VII, ch. 8.
1830s, The French Revolution. A History (1837)
Source: The House Of Commons At Work (1993), Chapter 4, The Office of Speaker of the House of Commons, p. 46
“Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself.”
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
1830s, Literary Ethics (1838)
Context: Thought is all light, and publishes itself to the universe. It will speak, though you were dumb, by its own miraculous organ. It will flow out of your actions, your manners, and your face. It will bring you friendships. It will impledge you to truth by the love and expectation of generous minds. By virtue of the laws of that Nature, which is one and perfect, it shall yield every sincere good that is in the soul, to the scholar beloved of earth and heaven.
Adams specifies that he refers "only to the Roman of William of Lorris, which dates from the death of Queen Blanche and of all good things, about 1250". He describes the rather cynical continuation by Jean de Meung, about 1300, as "beyond our horizon".
Mont Saint Michel and Chartres (1904)
Source: As quoted in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, William L. Shirer, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, 1990, p. 249 (May 1, 1937)