„V každej starovekej bájke je niečo pravdivé a niečo pravdivé je aj v predstavách, ktoré vidia symbol republiky vo vtákovi, ktorý niesol Jupiterove blesky.“
Originál
There is truth in every ancient fable, and there is here even something of it in the fancy that finds the symbol of the Republic in the bird that bore the bolts of Jove.
"The Future of Democracy"
What I Saw in America (1922)
Kontext: There is truth in every ancient fable, and there is here even something of it in the fancy that finds the symbol of the Republic in the bird that bore the bolts of Jove. Owls and bats may wander where they will in darkness, and for them as for the sceptics the universe may have no centre; kites and vultures may linger as they like over carrion, and for them as for the plutocrats existence may have no origin and no end; but it was far back in the land of legends, where instincts find their true images, that the cry went forth that freedom is an eagle, whose glory is gazing at the sun.
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