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A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.
John Lothrop Motley
Civilization
Mind
In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.
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Old
In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.
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People
Nobility
History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.
John Lothrop Motley
History
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
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Life
Will
For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.
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Career
Nations
Now
Rome
Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.
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Experience
Enthusiasm
A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.
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Power
Force
Gold
A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.
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Lie
Culture
The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.
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Improvement
A good lawyer is a bad Christian.
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Christian
Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome.
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Time
First
Rome
Slavery
United
A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.
John Lothrop Motley
Woman
When did one man ever civilize a people?
John Lothrop Motley
People
Man
The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.
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Time
First
Force