Radicals and breakers-down

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness. ~

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Vocabulary Help

• breakers-down – destruidores
• find (find, found, found) – encontrar
• never – nunca
• politeness – polidez, educação
• take the place – tomar o lugar, substituir
• work – trabalho