Whom the Gods Would Destroy, They First Make Mad and Then Stupid
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote stories depicting a moral sickness found deep inside the souls of New England Puritans, fearing he himself was infected by this strange malady which turned warm blood into ice-water. Great historians, such as John K. Fairbank (who mentioned in The Great Chinese Revolution, 1800-1985 that American opium-smugglers in China, all from the … [Read more…]