The Four Civilizations of the World: An Historical RetrospectLippincott, 1874 - 416 pages |
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... laws and customs , which are a part of its being . " We must go back then to the origin of a country , and follow it , however rapidly , through its career if we would appreciate its actual position . To spare the reader the bewildering ...
... laws and customs , which are a part of its being . " We must go back then to the origin of a country , and follow it , however rapidly , through its career if we would appreciate its actual position . To spare the reader the bewildering ...
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... laws , are said to have appeared some twelve centuries before the Chris- tian era . The most remarkable feature in this civilization is , that it remains to this day nearly what it was five thousand years ago : that is to say , the vast ...
... laws , are said to have appeared some twelve centuries before the Chris- tian era . The most remarkable feature in this civilization is , that it remains to this day nearly what it was five thousand years ago : that is to say , the vast ...
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... laws and the religions of the country have from the remotest periods sought to perpetuate . The code attributed to Menu , already alluded to , rigidly forbids the people , under the cruellest penalties , to acquire knowledge . For ...
... laws and the religions of the country have from the remotest periods sought to perpetuate . The code attributed to Menu , already alluded to , rigidly forbids the people , under the cruellest penalties , to acquire knowledge . For ...
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... laws and religion of the oldest empire in the world combined to maintain the ascendency of the Upper Classes , and to perpetuate the subjection of the masses . Historians note as a phenomenon that the people have never made an effort to ...
... laws and religion of the oldest empire in the world combined to maintain the ascendency of the Upper Classes , and to perpetuate the subjection of the masses . Historians note as a phenomenon that the people have never made an effort to ...
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... laws , and then naturally followed the same results . In both countries we find the national food cheap and abundant : hence the labor market over- supplied ; hence a very unequal division of wealth and power ; and hence all the ...
... laws , and then naturally followed the same results . In both countries we find the national food cheap and abundant : hence the labor market over- supplied ; hence a very unequal division of wealth and power ; and hence all the ...
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