Quote#Work
In the meantime, the real America had awakened, but in its own way.…
Quote bySamuel McChord Crothers · 1857–1927
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Evening of the New Day (The Atlantic Monthly January 1919).
English (original)
In the meantime, the real America had awakened, but in its own way. It had awakened, not as a neurasthenic awakes to a vague and benumbing sense of helplessness in the presence of disaster, but as a strong man awakes to the magnitude of his necessary work.
— Samuel McChord Crothers
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