(...) The true aristocracy and the true proletariat of the world are both in understanding with tragedy. To them it is the fundamental principle of God, and the key - the minor key - to existence. They difer in this way from the bourgeoisie of all classes, who deny tragedy, who will not tolerate it, and to whom the word tragedy means in itself unpleasantness. Many misunderstandings between the middle-class immigrant settlers and the Natives arise from this fact. The sulky Masai are both aristocracy and proletariat. (...)
Karen Blixen in "Out of Africa"
