For the moment the peril was nowhere and yet everywhere. The majority remained solid; but the leaders became stiff and exacting.


Book VII : Modern Times, Ch. IX : The Final Consequences - Penguin Island (1908)


For the moment the peril was nowhere and yet everywhere. The majority remained solid; but the leaders became stiff and exacting.

For the moment the peril was nowhere and yet everywhere. The majority remained solid; but the leaders became stiff and exacting.

For the moment the peril was nowhere and yet everywhere. The majority remained solid; but the leaders became stiff and exacting.

For the moment the peril was nowhere and yet everywhere. The majority remained solid; but the leaders became stiff and exacting.