Circles and Lines Quotes

“what about the Revolution itself, as a force for counteracting, and undercutting, this aspect of traditional mentality? The link seems immediately plausible, and significant.
We can zero in on that link by considering the word revolution and its own history of change. In fact, its not too much to say that the word moved from an originally circular to an eventually linear meaning, over the span of several centuries.”
― John Putnam Demos, Circles and Lines: The Shape of Life in Early America