OCTOBER 27th
We have made an empire out of our refuse; but we cannot make a nation even out of our best material. Such is the vague and half-conscious contradiction that undoubtedly possesses the minds of great masses of the not unkindly rich. Touching the remote empire they feel a vague but vast humanitarian hope; touching the chances of small holdings or rural reconstruction in the heart of the empire they feel a doubt and a disinclination that is not untouched with despair. Their creed contains two great articles: first, that the common Englishman can get on anywhere; and second, that the common Englishman cannot get on in England.
Introduction to 'Cottage Homes of England.'
OCTOBER 28th
There is only one very timid sort of man that is not afraid of women.
'What's Wrong with the World.'
OCTOBER 29th