The European civilization may be likened to a piece of cloth, of which these are the materials: its loom is a vast temperate hilly country on the seashore; its cotton, a strong warlike mongrel race formed by the inter-mixture of various races; its warp is warfare in defense of one's self and one's religion.
The one who wields the sword is great, and the one who cannot, gives up his independence and lives under the protection of some warrior's sword.
Its woof is commerce.
The means to this civilization is the sword;
its auxiliary -- courage and strength;
its aim -- enjoyment here and hereafter.
- Swami Vivekananda,
The East and The West
The one who wields the sword is great, and the one who cannot, gives up his independence and lives under the protection of some warrior's sword.
Its woof is commerce.
The means to this civilization is the sword;
its auxiliary -- courage and strength;
its aim -- enjoyment here and hereafter.
- Swami Vivekananda,
The East and The West
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