The people lived in darkness and vassalage. […] they were utterly destitute of the blessing of those schools for all, the house of correction, and the treadmill, wherein the autochthonal justice of our agrestic kakistocracy now castigates the heinous sins which were then committed with impunity, […]

The belief that religion is, or in any way requires, devotionality, is, if not the most noxious, at least the most obstinate form of irreligion […]

Using that kind of language in mixed company, Mike? For shame!

Mr. Simpson adds that the station at Stanmore appears practically unchanged from the time of its opening, even to the L.N.W.R. rubber doormat, which shows no signs of wearing out.