The present must
be balanced on the wings of the past
and the future, and that as you
stretch out the one you stretch out
the other to strength.'
Wordsworth
'WE DO
NOT KNOW WHY EMPIRES FALL AND STATES DECAY; BUT
WE CAN AT ANY RATE CONJECTURE, WITH NO LITTLE
JUSTICE, THAT A DISTURBANCE OF THE RACIAL
COMPOSITION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS ONE GREAT
CAUSE OF ITS FALL. RIGHT LAWS AND SOUND MORALS
FORM THE STRONGEST SAFEGUARD OF EVERY NATIONAL
STATE; BUT A SOUND RACIAL BASIS IS ALSO
NECESSARY. A NATION MAY BE ENRICHED BY THE
VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOREIGN IMMIGRATION;
BUT IF THE STREAM OF IMMIGRATION GROWS UNCHECKED
INTO THE VOLUME OF A GREAT RIVER, A NATION MAY
LOSE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SOLID CORE WHICH IS
THE BASIS OF ITS TRADITION AND THE NATION WHICH
LOSES ITS TRADITIONS HAS LOST ITS VERY SELF.'