The Quarterly Review, Volume 294William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1956 |
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Page 305
... civilisations that were just like our own civilisation , having progressed in the same way to the same artistic climaxes , the same capitalistic climaxes , the same democratic and feminist climaxes as we ; and they all perished . They ...
... civilisations that were just like our own civilisation , having progressed in the same way to the same artistic climaxes , the same capitalistic climaxes , the same democratic and feminist climaxes as we ; and they all perished . They ...
Page 306
... civilisation after civilisation , sometimes pro- ducing chaos and subsequent permanent desolation . The history of civilisations shows that if sufficient members of a civilisation fail enough in character and ability - then , no matter ...
... civilisation after civilisation , sometimes pro- ducing chaos and subsequent permanent desolation . The history of civilisations shows that if sufficient members of a civilisation fail enough in character and ability - then , no matter ...
Page 311
... civilisation , after its great attain- ments , was corrupted by luxury into loss of character and ability , and great was the fall thereof . History shows unmistakably that the most vigorous civilisations have not appeared in ...
... civilisation , after its great attain- ments , was corrupted by luxury into loss of character and ability , and great was the fall thereof . History shows unmistakably that the most vigorous civilisations have not appeared in ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 294 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1956 |
| Original from | University of Georgia Libraries |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2022 |
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