The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely int...erested in the event.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrativ...e.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to... suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers ...her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorise the violation of every positive law. How far that or any o...ther consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »