Speech, July 28, 1871. Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. Speech, April 3, 1872. 5 Vivian Grey. Man is not the creature of circumstances.
Circumstances are the creatures of men.
The Young Duke. Book i. Chap. Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life. Book i. Chap. The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.