Original artwork, not a still
Beyond the Mexique Bay ‧ 1934
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ration to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The observation says that official dignity grows as a country’s importance decreases. It is a pointed criticism of inflated status rather than an objective scale of national worth. The readable archived wording remains.
Context reviewed
