We moved to the US in 68, but I remember how grim things seemed when we came back to visit. Strikes and grubbiness.https://www.ft.com/content/bb661a96-989c-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b …
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Seeing the difference between the US and the UK in the 1970s was one of the things that made me realize how important ambition was.
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Ambition is elitist, yes, but the only thing worse than being elitist...
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The late great Eugen Weber maintained that the two driving forces of Western civilization are curiosity and ambition. A profoundly wise man.
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Weber concluded his vast and magisterial survey Western history by reciting the last two quatrains and couplet of:http://bit.ly/2uLZFYD
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