Allusions To Actual History
It has been argued that the story might have been prompted by the collapse of the Quebec bridge on August 29, 1907.
Read more about this topic: Alexander's Bridge
Famous quotes containing the words actual and/or history:
“But in the reception of metaphysical formula, all depends, as regards their actual and ulterior result, on the pre-existent qualities of that soil of human nature into which they fall—the company they find already present there, on their admission into the house of thought.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)