lord acton said democracy is the rule of fools.
lord acton said democracy is the rule of fools.
who said democracy is the rule of fools?
lord acton
sometimes, as with katherine anne porter's "ship of fools" (1962), a ship can be a symbol: "if thought of as isolated in the midst of the ocean, a ship can stand for mankind and human society moving through time and struggling with its destiny." set in 1931 "ship of fools" is an allegory that traces the rise of nazism and looks metaphorically at the progress of the world on its "voyage to eternity" in the years leading to world war ii. the novel tells the tale of a group of disparate characters sailing from mexico to europe aboard a german passenger ship. the large cast of characters includes germans, a swiss family, mexicans, americans, spaniards, a group of cuban medical students, and a swede. in steerage there are 876 spanish workers being returned from cuba. porter's title alludes to "ship of fools" (1494) by sebastian brant, which is an allegory, originating from plato, the allegory depicts a vessel without a pilot, populated by human inhabitants who are deranged, frivolous, or oblivious, and seemingly ignorant of their course. the concept makes up the framework of the 15th century book which served as the inspiration for hieronymous bosch's famous painting, "ship of fools": a ship—an entire fleet at first—sets off from basel, bound for the paradise of fools.
nautical fiction
fletcher was a strong conservative, imperialist and protestant anglican. his "school history of england" included 23 new poems by rudyard kipling but was viewed suspiciously by the oxford university press due to fletcher's controversial views on foreigners and democracy. fletcher said democracy was still on trial in britain and that the king would be obliged to dismiss any government that tried to reduce the size of the royal navy or surrendered india or the colonies.









































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c. r. l. fletcher