Twenty-two
The very greatest poetry can only be understood and savoured by people who have put themselves through a considerable mental discipline. To others it is an exasperating weariness.
Twenty-three
Samuel Johnson’s Birthday
Even Johnson’s Dictionary is packed with emotion.
Twenty-four
All blame, uttered or unexpressed, is wrong. I do not blame myself. I can explain myself to myself. I can invariably explain myself.
Twenty-five
When one has thoroughly got imbued into one’s head the leading truth that nothing happens without a cause, one grows not only large-minded, but large-hearted.