The Revolution of 1911
“For an event to be great, two things must be united—the lofty sentiment of those who accomplish it, and the lofty sentiment of those who witness it. No event is great in itself, even though it be the disappearance of whole constellations, the destruction of several nations, the establishment of vast empires, or the prosecution of wars at the cost of enormous forces: over things of this sort the breath of history blows as if they were flocks of wool.... Hence the anxiety which every one must feel who, observing the approach of an event, wonders whether those about to witness it will be worthy of it.”
—F. Nietzsche.