Civilization on TrialThirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems. |
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... influence has now just reached them . But , a century or so later , when the same wave , travelling still farther afield , reaches Syria and Armenia , it has be- come so weak that it has had to leave the Greek language behind ; and the ...
... influence has now just reached them . But , a century or so later , when the same wave , travelling still farther afield , reaches Syria and Armenia , it has be- come so weak that it has had to leave the Greek language behind ; and the ...
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... influence far beyond their original home - lands , none had previously cast its net right round the globe . The civilization of Eastern Orthodox Christendom , which grew up in mediaeval Byzantium , had been carried by the Russians to ...
... influence far beyond their original home - lands , none had previously cast its net right round the globe . The civilization of Eastern Orthodox Christendom , which grew up in mediaeval Byzantium , had been carried by the Russians to ...
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... influence were those of Central America and Peru , so that its expansion was not incomparable to our own in ex- tent and vigour . When we look back on the history of the Graeco - Roman world during the last four centuries B.C. , it is ...
... influence were those of Central America and Peru , so that its expansion was not incomparable to our own in ex- tent and vigour . When we look back on the history of the Graeco - Roman world during the last four centuries B.C. , it is ...
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My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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