“Ten men have failed from defect in morals, where one has failed from defect in intellect.”
Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician
As quoted in Excellent Quotations for Home and School (1890) by Julia B. Hoitt, p. 73
“General, your tank
is a powerful vehicle
it smashes down forests
and crushes a hundred men.
but it has one defect:
it needs a driver.”
"General, Your Tank Is a Powerful Vehicle", in "From a German War Primer", part of the Svendborg Poems (1939); as translated by Lee Baxandall in Poems, 1913-1956, p. 289
Poems, 1913-1956 (1976)
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Poems, 1913-1956 (1976)
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