"People were not yet bold enough to attribute values --- even infinite ones --- to the immediate, unforeseen, unforeseeable, and unimportant products of the moment.  The principle that you win at every throw had not yet been…

"Once more you near me, wavering apparitions

That early showed before the turbid gaze.…

"For all human sentiments there is a time of early blossoming, a day of generous enthusiasm that gradually fades until nothing is left of happiness but a memory, and glory is known for delusion.  Of all these delicate and…