As a teacher as a propagandist Mr. Shaw is no good at all even in his own generation. But as a personality he is immortal.
Great is truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions both good and bad become transparent no longer limited by outward appearences.