But when he procures a head and begins to talk, I feel a little bored.

The Germans cannot really be deep because they will not consent to be superficial.

They are bewitched by art, and stare at it, and cannot see round it.

They will not believe that art is a light and slight thing--a feather, even if it be from an angelic wing.

Only the slime is at the bottom of a pool; the sky is on the surface.