EssayFacts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value: and the precious particles are generally combined with the baser in such a manner that the separation is a task of the utmost difficulty.Thomas Babington Macaulay1828★ 6.0
Essay · MagazineThe gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.Thomas Babington Macaulay1828★ 3.6
The happiness of life, on the contrary, is made up of minute fractions-the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Improvisatore · 1828★ 3.5
PoemLoveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.William Cullen BryantA Scene on the Banks of the Hudson · 1828★ 3.5
Essay · MagazineThe English Bible,— a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.Thomas Babington Macaulay1828★ 1.9
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