1. 24 August 2006

    868 days ago

    The nation blest above all nations is she in whom the civic genius of the people does the saving day by day, by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans or empty quacks. Such nations have no need of wars to save them.

    William James

    I quoted this previously in my notes on The Metaphysical Club, the quote just gets me so good that I haven’t forgotten it since.

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