tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7382457626616066247..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Quote of the Day: On “the last afterglow of the most radiant cultural atmosphere in human history”Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-2824531127581288702015-12-15T17:17:34.986+13:002015-12-15T17:17:34.986+13:00Great post - I watched it through several times, a...Great post - I watched it through several times, and with the music, I can really see what Rand was communicating. So terribly sad considering the events which were to follow. They would have seemed impossibilities I'm sure to the men and women and children in this video.Olivia Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004324490334448397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-19910596220187831112015-12-15T17:16:23.415+13:002015-12-15T17:16:23.415+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Olivia Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004324490334448397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-28127904869960304062015-11-09T09:49:12.091+13:002015-11-09T09:49:12.091+13:00Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishm...Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country for ever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police.<br /><br />All this was changed by the impact of the Great War. The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the state instead of pursuing exclusively their own affairs.<br /><br />The Effects and Origins of the Great War<br /><br />A. J. P. TaylorSimonnoreply@blogger.com