“No finer, greater gift in the world than that…
when man and woman possess their home, two minds,
two hearts that work as one.” Odysseus
The mountain of history books under which we all stand leans so heavily in the other direction – so tremblingly respectful of states and statesmen and so disrespectful, by inattention, to people’s movements – that we need some counterforce to avoid being crushed into submission.
...Most histories understand revolt, overemphasize statesmanship, and thus encourage impotency among citizens.