James Hilton Quote

But that was not all. He foresaw a time when men, exultant in the technique of homicide, would rage so hotly over the world that every precious thing would be in danger, every book and picture and harmony, every treasure garnered through two millenniums, the small, the delicate, the defenseless—all would be lost like the lost books of Livy, or wrecked as the English wrecked the Summer Palace in Pekin.

James Hilton

But that was not all. He foresaw a time when men, exultant in the technique of homicide, would rage so hotly over the world that every precious thing would be in danger, every book and picture and harmony, every treasure garnered through two millenniums, the small, the delicate, the defenseless—all would be lost like the lost books of Livy, or wrecked as the English wrecked the Summer Palace in Pekin.

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About James Hilton

James Hilton may refer to:

James Hilton (academic) (born 1959), Vice Provost and University Librarian & Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan
James Hilton (designer) (born 1973), English designer
James Hilton (novelist) (1900–1954), English novelist
Jimmy Hilton (1883–1943), English rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s
James L. Hilton (born 1957), astronomer