Moderns

People in those olden times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions, and it takes more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral.

I notice that most people here are moderns, not postmoderns such as I.

The orchestra employed is the usual large orchestra of the moderns, and Puccini adds a third flute, a contrabassoon, a celesta, and for the special effects in the opening of the third act a set of bells.

The poem, as a poem, had little success; but by positing that the Age of Louis was the greatest in history, and suggesting that the moderns were as good as the ancients or better, it started a famous controversy.