Today’s Word: endless

October 31, 2017 =========

☆  endless  永遠の

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One of the things I’ve talked about this month has been the fact that Australia’s (white) history is quite short, compared to somewhere like Japan, so we don’t have a lot of tradition or strong “Australian” culture. This week’s quote explains why… by Henry James:

“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.”

So true! Of course, the aborigines in Australia have a long history, and therefore there are many traditions and a strong culture. However, the immigrants to Australia have just a short history. The Europeans arrived to colonize Australia in 1788, so we do not have an endless amount of history really, just over 200 years… compared to this, Japan’s history seems endless!

Bye,

Chris