How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
In New York the papers carried the news as one of those acts of violence peculiar to the Balkan States. Few Americans could have had any particular feeling of sympathy for the slain heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. (40.19)
Change isn't always apparent. Here we have the event that starts World War I, a major change if there ever was one, and the papers treat it as a ho-hum event. The lesson is that most of the time we don't see change coming... it has a way of starting out with something seemingly meaningless and then smacking us right in the face.