Sentimentul libertatii

“The succes of the Bay Colony in this respect would not have been possible without the sheer space America afforded. America had the liberty of vast size. That was a luxury denied to the English; the constraints of their small island made dissent a danger and conformity a virtue. That indeed was why English settlers came to America. A man could stand on Cape Cod with his face to the sea and feel all the immensity of the Atlantic Ocean in front of him, separating , like a benevolent moat, from the restrictions and conformities of narrow Europe.  And, equally, he could feel behind him  - and, if he turned round, see it – the immensity of the land, undiscovered, unexplored, scarcely populated at all, a huge, experimental theater of liberty.”

A history of the american people, Paul Johnson, p.42, ed. Harper.

De aceea nu ma dau in vand dupa vorba “ce mica-i lumea”. Si nu-mi place ideea ca am progresat pentru ca datorita comunicatiilor lumea a devenit mai mica.