Varemed: erinevus redaktsioonide vahel

*{{värvi|hall|The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have two great types — the advanced person who rushes us into ruin, and the retrospective person who admires the ruins. He admires them especially by moonlight, not to say moonshine. Each new blunder of the progressive or prig becomes instantly a legend of immemorial antiquity for the snob. This is called the balance, or mutual check, in our Constitution.}}

** [[Gilbert Keith Chesterton]], "Illustrated London News" (1924)

 

* Algul olid varemed. See on veider tõdemus, sest igaühele on selge, et alguses ei saanud olla varemeid, need ei teki iseenesest. Enne varemeid peab olema midagi muud. Siiski oli see nii kogu minu sugupõlve senise elu jooksul, pool [[sajand]]it, mis on lühike etapp [[ajalugu|ajaloos]], kuid piisavalt pikk inimese elus, et sellega harjuda. Tegelikult ei olnud me näinud varemeidki, kuid kõik riialased teadsid, et maa sees on varjul [[vundament]]. Hiigelkivid olid kaevatud maasse pisut hiljem kui sada aastat pärast [[Riia]] esmamainimist [[kroonika]]tes 1201. aastal.