I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture.
“There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming.”
“There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives.”