Victory of the Loud Little Handful

Posted by Kerim

September 23, 2002

Mark Twain, “The Mysterious Stranger” (1910). Twain had it right almost a hundred years ago. Sort of depressing, but encouraging as well. A must read!

“The loud little handful - as usual - will shout for the war. The pulpit will - warily and cautiously - object… at first. The great, big, dull bulk of the nation will rub its sleepy eyes and try to make out why there should be a war, and will say, earnestly and indignantly, “It is unjust and dishonorable, and there is no necessity for it.”

Then the handful will shout louder. …”

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