Men in this kind of position do not concern themselves with the
current trend of the times. They do not profess that their triumph is
inevitable, but only that their truth is unalterable. They said simply
that no conceivable load of living tyranny on earth could alter the
philosophic fact that all men were brothers; just as a Christian would
say that the conversion of the whole world to Shintoism would make no
difference to the fact that Christ was in Heaven with God. They did not
insist on the fact that their Revolution was assured. In one sense they
did not even insist on the fact that it was opportune. Using the word in
that meaning, indeed, a Revolution is not, and never can be, opportune.
If it were opportune, it would be an evolution. Revolution is in its
nature a revolt from circumstances to ideals; it is an appeal from Time
to Eternity.
-The Independent Review, Volume 5, February-April. 1905
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