All men dream: but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
This I did.
Such a bold way to live …
That’s precisely what Lawrence did; and that’s what made him dangerous in the eyes of his political contemporaries. He acted his dreams, and wasn’t afraid to act them to their bitter end.