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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. Wystan Hugh Auden		Saturday Mar 28, 2026
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Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle. Edgar Quinet

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	Edgar Quinet
	(1803-1875) Philosophy of Human History, 1825 - French historian, romantic nationalist.

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Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.