The World Was Arrogant And Self-satisfied, But Behind All This Confidence There Was An Uneasy Sense Of Impending Disaster. The Old Creeds, Both Religious And Political, Were Largely In The Process Of Dissolution, But We Did Not Realise The Fact, And Therefore Did Not Look For New Foundations.

-John Buchan

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The World Was Arrogant And Self-satisfied, But

John Buchan

The World Was Arrogant And Self-satisfied, But Behind All This Confidence There Was An Uneasy Sense Of Impending Disaster. The Old Creeds, Both Religious And Political, Were Largely In The Process Of Dissolution, But We Did Not Realise The Fact, And Therefore Did Not Look For New Foundations.

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Religious

Self

Political

You May Hear People Say That Submarines Have Done Away With The Battleship, And That Aircraft Have Annulled The Mastery Of The Sea. That Is What Our Pessimists Say. But Do You Imagine That The Clumsy Submarine Or The Fragile Aeroplane Is Really The Last Word Of Science?

Sea

People

Mastery