Famous quotes containing the words submerged and/or approach:
“If, then, this civilization is to be saved, if it is not to be submerged by centuries of barbarism, but to secure the treasures of its inheritance on new and more stable foundations, there is indeed need for those now living fully to realize how far the decay has already progressed.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“This is an approach to that universal language which men have sought in vain.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)