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W]hen many people, without having been manipulated, begin to talk nonsense, and if intelligent people are among them, there is usually more involved than just nonsense. - Hannah Arendt. I have spent much of the last month working on a proposal, and so have neglected this site. To not let it just lie fallow, I return to Byron’s Don Juan. Canto II shows the cynical Byron at his world-weariest. Thus, verse 4:. Well well, the world must turn upon its axis,. And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails,.
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W]hen many people, without having been manipulated, begin to talk nonsense, and if intelligent people are among them, there is usually more involved than just nonsense. - Hannah Arendt. Monday Quote Frenzy - Wilentz on Democracy. I’ve started going through Sean Wilentz’ history of the United States between 1800 and 1860, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln. And was struck by this paragraph in the preface:. Posted by Lee J Rickard at 10:11 PM. View my complete profile. How it Used to Be.