Quote#Self
The development of a nation is strangely paralleled by the…
Quote byRobert Hugh Benson · 1871–1914
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: By What Authority? (1905), Pt. 2, ch. 1 (p. 152).
English (original)
The development of a nation is strangely paralleled by the development of an individual. There comes in both a period of adolescence, ... and there is a curious mingling of refinement and brutality, stupidity and tenderness.
— Robert Hugh Benson
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