The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force.
Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.
In economics hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.
The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief but of despair.