Quote#Books & Reading
The sense of liberty and power, and of belief in the capacity and…
Quote byWalter Raleigh · 1861–1922
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: English Voyages of the Sixteenth Century (1906), p. 174.
English (original)
The sense of liberty and power, and of belief in the capacity and destiny of man, which was quickened by the new discoveries, distinguishes the literature of the Elizabethan age from the great backward-looking periods of romance. It is a literature of youth and hope, with none of the subtle and poignant flavours that are to be tasted in a literature of regret and memory.
— Walter Raleigh
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