“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.
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