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“Today's Europeans and Americans who reached the age of awareness after midcentury when the communications revolution lead to expectations of instantanaiy are exasperated by the slow toils of history. They assume that the thunderclap of cause will be swiftly followed by the lightening bolt of effect.”

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Book:The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932

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