On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:38 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Jed should like this 1912 book below. >
It is from 1921. A world away from 1912. The first article on the first page refers to "the great European war" and how it improved airplanes and submarines. I have heard that the post-WWI edition of Encyclopedia Britannica was profoundly influenced by the war. It was a cri de coeur wondering how it could have happened. We still wonder. A new WWI museum is just opening, which I have read is mainly a question mark. The last veteran of the war died the other day. The old certainties began to crumble, and the new world was first glimpsed, on the night of April 12, 1912 just a century ago, when the Titanic sank. We can never return to the spirit of 1900. We will never again have that kind self-assurance. Or hubris. But things will probably be okay. - Jed
