Monday, September 10, 2012

 

Reformation

Norman Douglas (1868-1952), Good-Bye to Western Culture: Some Footnotes on East and West (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930), p. 5:
I am not the stuff of which reformers are made; rather than indulge in that variety of meddlesomeness I would sweep a crossing. Nine-tenths of the reformers of humanity have been mischief-makers or humbugs. I have no desire to be added to the list. A man who reforms himself has contributed his full share towards the reformation of his neighbour.



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