“It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a difficult process of choice which ends, often, in an eclectic idiosyncrasy.” EndsChoicesNationsProcessDifficultClassCircumstancesSurrenderEclecticCoherenceIdiosyncrasies Author:George W. S. Trow
“The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built originally for Edward Hamlin Everett, the man who put the crimp in bottle caps.” MenStreetsBuildingHe ManBuiltThirdsTwentiesCornersBottlesAvenuesCapsTurkishEclecticMassachusettsEmbassy Author:George W. S. Trow