Portal:Scotland/Selected quote/Week 34, 2009
| “ | ... An opinion, right or wrong can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. ... | ” |
| “ | ... Most people are on the world, not in it—have no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them—undiffused, separate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching but separate. ... | ” |