Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests, very subtly, a certain personal superiority by reason of one's belonging to a place which is definable and familiar, as against a place that is strange, remote.
E. B. WhiteIf a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. WhiteThe most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.
E. B. WhiteChildren hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts.
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