“In what resides the most characteristic Virtue of humanity? In good works? Possibly. In the creation of beautiful objects? Perhaps. But some would look in a different direction, and find it in detachment. To all such David Hume must be… — Giles Lytton Strachey Copy Share
“In what resides the most characteristic Virtue of humanity? In good works? Possibly. In the creation of beautiful objects? Perhaps. But some would look in a different direction, and find it in detachment. To all such David Hume must be a great saint in the calendar; for no mortal being was ever more completely divested of the trammels of the… — Giles Lytton Strachey Copy Share
“As usual, it struck me that letters were the only really satisfactory form of literature. They give one the facts so amazingly, don't they?… — Giles Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
