Sunday, October 02, 2005

Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book

"It is difficult to overestimate the extent to which popular politics in mid-nineteenth century Europe involved the consumption of substantial amounts of alcohol. A large drinking capacity was probably the first qualification of any successful political agitator."

- Jonathan Sperber, The European Revolutions, 1848-1851, pg. 176

God, I love history.

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