George Edward Woodberry - The great effort of civilization has been, and still is, the attempt to in...

George Edward Woodberry Zitate

The great effort of civilization has been, and still is, the attempt to introduce a principle of control into that casual swarm of impressions which makes up men's thought and of which, especially with swayed by emotion, spontaneous action is the law.

George Edward Woodberry

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die große Anstrengung der Zivilisation war und ist der Versuch, in diesen gelegentlichen Schwarm von Eindrücken ein Prinzip der Kontrolle einzuführen, das die Gedanken der Menschen ausmacht und von dem, besonders wenn es von Emotionen beeinflusst wird, spontane Aktion das Gesetz ist.

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