Sunday, November 10, 2024
Cranks
John Buchan (1875-1940), The Three Hostages, chapter IV:
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Hideous, and yet comic too; for the spectacle of these feverish cranks toiling to create a new heaven and a new earth and thinking themselves the leaders of mankind, when they were dancing like puppets at the will of a few scoundrels engaged in the most ancient of pursuits, was an irony to make the gods laugh.
