"They had seen the great cause of liberty placed in peril

by those who should have been the first to defend it, and brute force substituted for reason and justice." – Camille Flammarion, Lumen (1872)

Comments

tin-tin said…
you love quoting books.. hehehe.

thanks for reading the books that i mention. honestly, i'm trying to find the book The Magician's Nephew, which you've mentioned before. but i still can't find it in the bookstores :(
Richard said…
tin-tin: try the library. I like quoting things that give me pause for thought.
KayMac said…
great quote. and yes, it is making me stop and ponder.
Richard said…
kaymac: it is in reference by one of the characters to teh events of the French Revolution

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