Like fish who do not know they swim in water, we are seldom aware of the atmosphere of the times through… — Thomas Cahill
Like fish who do not know they swim in water, we are seldom aware of the atmosphere of the times through which we move, how strange and singular they are. But when we approach another age, its alienness stands out before us, almost as if that were its most obvious quality...
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