What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, ...

What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.

quote by Alfred de Vigny
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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