Lafcadio Hearn Quote

The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.

Appreciations of Poetry (ed. 1916)

The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest...

The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest...

The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest...

The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest...