> "You have appealed to the machine gun and by the machine gun shall you be judged."

> "You have shattered the dream of our philosophers that the world could be governed by the power of law and order."

https://www.douban.com/group/topic/40729214/

In #SmokeAndAshes #AmitavGhosh mentions #KuHongMing ( #GuHongMing ) as quoted by #SomersetMaugham . It's nice to find an online version of Maugham's writing.. Ghosh cites the quote from #ClashOfEmpires by #LydiaHLiu