James Stephens (1882–1950) Irish writer
"The Road", line 1, in Songs from the Clay (London: Macmillan, 1915) p. 97.
“I say this to you because we Spaniards are a forgetful people, because we are used to living for the moment, because we do not look back, because we do not know how to see the chain of heroes, because we do not contemplate the sum of sacrifices.”
1940s, 1940, Laureate Cross acceptance speech (July 1940)
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