The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest / The writings of philosophers, poets, novelists, social reformers, and others who have voiced the struggle against social injustice; selected from twenty-five languages; covering a period of five thousand years

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Caesar and Cleopatra

By G. Bernard Shaw

(See pages [193], [212], [263], [402], [760], [798])

(The Romans have set fire to the Library of Alexandria)

Theodotus:—What is burning there is the memory of mankind.

Caesar:—A shameful memory. Let it burn.

Theodotus (wildly):—Will you destroy the past?

Caesar:—Ay, and build the future with its ruins.

By Alfred Tennyson

(See pages [77], [486], [652], [838])

The old order changeth, yielding place to new

And God fulfils Himself in many ways,

Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.