The sixth SGH Lecture--Singapore: a new Venice of the 21st century. Singapore General Hospital.

نویسنده

  • T Koh
چکیده

Venice is one of the legendary cities of the world. Its beauty and physical setting make Venice unique. For almost 800 years, from 1000 AD to 1797, the Venetians were a separate people. It was therefore one of the world’s longest surviving city states. The great historian of Venice, Frederic C Lane, wrote that “among the many cities men have made, Venice stands out as a symbol of beauty, of wise government, and of communally controlled capitalism... a city renowned for its skills in handicraft, finance, and government.”1 In 1802, William Wordsworth wrote the following poem “On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic”: “Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee; And was the safeguard of the West: the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of Liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life has reached its final day: Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is pass’d away.”

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore

دوره 27 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1998