England's Pride Quotes

“In considering Gordon's last months in Khartoum, one is sometimes reminded of the definition of a martyr as somebody who moves along a path of least resistance to a desired death.”
― Julian Symons, England's Pride: The Story of the Gordon Relief Expedition

“The answer to this question, which is at the root of the tragi-comedy of Gordon, rests in the illogic of human conduct compared with rationality of human thought”
― Julian Symons, England's Pride: The Story of the Gordon Relief Expedition