...een attention that it merits, and would at times dismiss the whole British Empire with a puzzled, if reverent, sigh. Not out of them are the shows of ... ... the Tuileries. Peace came—it was all very immense, one had turned into an Empire—but he knew that some quality had vanished for which not all Alsace-... ...cts than do the learned men of England. They collect facts, and facts, and empires of facts. But which of them will rekindle the light within?” To all... ... well 109 EM Forster be proud. No wonder England has become an Em- pire. “Empire!” “I can’t bother over results,” said Margaret, a little sadly. “The... ...ttle sadly. “They are too difficult for me. I can only look at the men. An Empire bores me, so far, but I can appreciate the heroism that builds it up... ...ignity, whereas the modern ownership of movables is reducing us again to a nomadic horde. We are reverting to the civilisation of luggage, and histori... ...d not saved her from the sense of flux. London was but a foretaste of this nomadic civilisation which is altering human na- ture so profoundly, and th...

..., lie folded already in the first man. Ep- och after epoch, camp, kingdom, empire, republic, de- mocracy, are merely the application of his manifold s... ...must sit solidly at home, and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or empires, but know that he is greater than all the geography and all the gov... ...e two antagonist facts. The geography of Asia and of Africa necessitated a nomadic life. But the nomads were the terror of all those whom the soil or ... ...rth, south, 23 Emerson east, west, to the centre of every province of the empire, making each market-town of Persia, Spain and Britain pervious to th... ...train of clients. A man Caesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow and cleave to his gen... ...rmy, not so good as a peace. It is a gradu- ated, titled, richly appointed empire, quite superfluous when town-meetings are found to answer just as we...

...hich could only exist in that fierce fifteenth cen- tury, and in that half-nomadic corner of Europe, when the whole of Southern Russia, deserted by it... ... which he had heard rumours as indistinct as though they had concerned the Empire of China. There he dined, casting proud glances at the other visitor... ...t true geniuses arise at the epoch of brilliancy and power in emperors and empires, but not in the time of monstrous political apparitions and republi...

...hree days. 209 Peter’s Home Sivan 2 eter is a descendant of a nomadic tribe. Euodia, his mother, is a gnarled woman, dark, serious. She ... ....wish me God’s speed. I am contributing £3,000, and it seemeth to me this Empire is reserved for Her Majesty and the Nation. I can find the gold Ki...

...of gregariousness; but in nineteenth century nations and twentieth century empires the determi- nation of every man to be rich at all costs, and of ev... ...arge allowances for them. To such allowances the ablebodied pauper and his nomadic variant the tramp are equally entitled. Further, the imaginative ma... ...y. And this, the chronicle concludes, shows the great- ness and majesty of empires, and the littleness of the van- quished. Over such battles the peop...