These developments were counter to all historical trends, and could not have been foreseen. This situation is very painful and disappointing for us.

Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.

We had been hopelessly labouring to plough waste lands; to make nationality grow in a place full of the certainty of God… Among the tribes our creed could be only like the desert grass – a beautiful swift seeming of spring; which, after a day’s heat, fell dusty.

Although there are new developments in Turkey, the situation in Asia is more serious than in any other parts of the world.

This does not grow the city. New developments do not want billboards. I want to make La Crosse more beautiful.

There are new mayors who might not be aware of the latest developments. We need to brief them on the entire process.