A Dominant Religion Is Never Ascetic.

How Well Horatius Kept The Bridge In The Brave Days Of Old.

History, Is Made Up Of The Bad Actions Of Extraordinary Men And Woman. All The Most Noted Destroyers And Deceivers Of Our Species, All The Founders Of Arbitrary Governments And False Religions Have Been Extraordinary People; And Nine Tenths Of The Calamities That Have Befallen The Human Race Had No Other Origin Than The Union Of High Intelligence With Low Desires.

Then None Was For A Party; Than All Were For The State; Then The Great Man Helped The Poor, And The Poor Man Loved The Great: Then Lands Were Fairly Portioned; Then Spoils Were Fairly Sold: The Romans Were Like Brothers In The Brave Days Of Old.

I Shall Cheerfully Bear The Reproach Of Having Descended Below The Dignity Of History.

Western Literature Has Been More Influenced By The Bible Than Any Other Book.