Collapse and Reconstruction: European Conditions and American Principles (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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I say simultaneous because just as the slowest ship makes the pace of a fleet, so the most back ward nation in the community Of nations makes the pace of civilisation.

But even assuming a relatively high degree of civilisation in any one State, the majority may be easily swayed by circumstances, oratory, prejudice, their mental balance disturbed by over-education, the rectitude Of their vision Vitiated by tradition and the different influences which determine the character of groups Of mankind just as they do that of individuals.

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