"People can be persuaded to desire almost anything, for a time, if they are constantly told that it is something to which they are entitled and which is unjustly withheld from them."
T.S. Eliot, Christianity and Culture, "Notes towards the Definition of Culture"
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There's nothing new under the sun, eh?
No kidding.
So true.
I once had a young student tell me, "I didn't get a school break because we went on vacation over the break." Still trying to figure that one out... Poor kid... :-)
... so the eyes of man are never satisfied... Sigh.
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