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The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

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The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading...

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The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

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The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.

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The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.

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The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

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In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.

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The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth...

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In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar,...

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History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.

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For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are...

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Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

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