The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
In this snug, over-safe corner of the world_ we may realize that our comfortable routine is no eternal necessity of things, but merely a little space of calm in the midst of the tempestuous, untamed and streaming world.
One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation
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In this snug, over-safe corner of the world_ we may realize that our comfortable routine is no eternal necessity of things, but merely a little space of calm in the midst of the tempestuous, untamed and streaming world.
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