English Speaking Countries

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    “Civilisation—a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.”
    —Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990)

    “A man growing old is going
    down the dark stairs.
    He has been speaking of the Soul
    tattooed with the Law.
    Of dreams
    burnt in the bone.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshiped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name, but is the overwhelming authority and respectability of mankind combined. Men reverence one another, not yet God.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)