From Lucia’s Book Club:
One of the questions I ponder - ‘is evil a result of nature or nurture?’ It is the ongoing question that many philosophers ponder. And when I read ‘The Dream of the Celt’, the book provided one perspective on that age old question.
Sir Roger Casement had it all (so to say). He was honoured by his government with a Knighthood for Foreign Office work. He held prestigious positions as a diplomat, yet when he observed and wrote about the abuses of the native peoples of Amazonia and of Congo, he recognized those abject abuses for what they are: Evil perpetuated by those in power.
Roger Casement leaving court in London before being returned to prison in 1916. (not long before his execution)
