Rebecca West Quotes

A Great Empire Cannot Bring Freedom By Its Own Decay To Those Corners In It Where A Subject People Are Prevented From Discussing The Fundamentals Of Life. The People Feel Like Children Turned Adrift To Fend For Themselves When The Imperial Routine Breaks Down; And They Wander To And Fro, Given Up To Instinctive Fears And Antagonisms And Exaltation Until Reason Dares To Take Control. I Had Come To Yugoslavia To See What History Meant In Flesh And Blood. I Learned Now That It Might Follow, Because An Empire Passed, That A World Full Of Strong Men And Women And Rich Food And Heady Wine Might Nevertheless Seem Like A Shadow-show: That A Man Of Every Excellence Might Sit By A Fire Warming His Hands In The Vain Hope Of Casting Out A Chill That Lived Not In The Flesh.

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