Here’s a blast from the
past that demonstrates the truth of George Santayana’s dictum that those who do
not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
In the run-up to the
Second World War, Theodor Seuss Geisel drew some quite acerbic political
cartoons as he witnessed the United States wallowing in self-congratulatory
isolationism that had immediate and long-term human consequences.
The man generations of
children know as Dr. Seuss was the grandson of German immigrants; he understood
the wealth of perspectives newcomers contributed to the nation, as well as the forward
momentum they brought as they pitched in to make life better for themselves and
their children, as well as their new neighbors.
What would he make of
our current regression to the 1930s, I wonder?
There children? I usually do not see you make a grammatical mistake so it made my day to see you can make the same mistakes as a mere human like me.
ReplyDeleteWell spotted, sir. Writers can ALWAYS benefit from editing. Now corrected; thanks!
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