Re: [Pen-l] best paragraph of the day.

[Marv Gandall <marvgandall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Perelman cited:

> 110: "If a period of growth is followed by a period of depression, there
> are two possibilities: either the ruling group will modify its attitudes
> and behavior, or it will be replaced by another group. The classic
> formulation of the will be replaced by another group. The classic
> formulation of the aristocrat, Tancredi, tells an older-generation
> aristocrat, Fabrizio, 'we have to change everything in order to keep
> everything as it is'."
>
> Burke, Peter. 1974. Venice and Amsterdam, A Study of Seventeenth Century
> Elites (London: Temple Smith).
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Think you meant to transcribe it as follows:

"If a period of growth is followed by a period of depression, there are two
possibilities: either the ruling group will modify its attitudes and
behavior, or it will be replaced by another group. The classic formulation
of the aristocrat, Tancredi, tells an older-generation aristocrat, Fabrizio,
'we have to change everything in order to keep everything as it is'."

And Tancredi on further reflection probably would have expressed the
sentiment more accurately thus: "We have to change SOME things in order to
keep everything as it is"...





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