“Never since the heroic days of Greece has the world had such a sweet, just, boyish master.”

— George Santayana

"The British Character"
Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

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20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with P… 1863–1952

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“Never since the heroic days of Greece has the world had such a sweet, just, boyish master.”

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