Lewis H. Lapham Quote

The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be counted, stuffed, framed or mounted over the fireplace.


Money And Class In America (1988)


The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be...

The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be...

The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be...

The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be...