The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land. (Emma Goldman)

The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.

Emma Goldman

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