Posted by Howard Haynes on April 06, 2001 at 16:29:36:
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I found this quote at the end of chapter14. "It was always the little men who huddled together in cities who believed themselves important, and they had a conspiracy among them to keep up the illusion. They huddled in cities because a man at sea, in the desert or mountains had time to know himself, to examine what he was...so they stayed in their cities, knowing they could not stand to ever really look at themselves. Spray blew over the rain and against his face. It had a fine , briny taste to it. No wonder the great countries were seagoing countries." This applies to the ones who travel to look over the next hill, mountain, |