Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.

The most striking difference between ancient and modern sophists is that the ancients were satisfied with a passing victory of the argument at the expense of truth, whereas the moderns want a more lasting victory at the expense of reality

From what the moderns want we must learn what poetry should become from what the ancients did what poetry must be.

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.