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Everything in Italy...
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Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand. . . borders upon insanity and absurdity --or at least is reminiscent of childhood.
Source: My Past and Thoughts, vol. 3, pt. 8, Miscellaneous Pieces: Beyond the Alps (1921; tr. by Constance Garnett 1924 --27).
-- Alexander Herzen, (Apr 6 1812-1870), Russian author; He distrusted governments, was sceptical of western democratic forms, and had great faith in the power of peasants and other ordinary people to organise themselves.