Quotes About Athenaeum

To prove to you that I who 'used to care' for poetry do so still, and that I have not been absolutely idle lately, an 'Athenaeum' shall be sent to you containing a poem on the subject of the removal of Napoleon's ashes. It is a fitter subject for you than for me. Napoleon is no idol of mine. I never made a 'setting sun' of him.

...to strengthen his armour by the study of logic...

Our ruling class have never been up for re-election before, but I hereby serve notice on behalf of the people of Great Britain that their time has come." Such language had never been heard from a British Prime Minister before. Although received with rapture in Sheffield town hall, Harry Perkins' words burst upon the Athenaeum as though the end of the world was at hand. Which, in a manner of speaking, it was. "South of France for me, old boy," said Furnival.