[instead] Of Inquiring Why The Roman Empire

In The End, More Than Freedom, They Wanted Security. They Wanted A Comfortable Life, And They Lost It All – Security, Comfort, And Freedom. When The Athenians Finally Wanted Not To Give To Society But For Society To Give To Them, When The Freedom They Wished For Most Was Freedom From Responsibility, Then Athens Ceased To Be Free And Was Never Free Again.

The Gauls Derided The Hairy And Gigantic Savages Of The North; Their Rustic Manners, Dissonant Joy, Voracious Appetite, And Their Horrid Appearance, Equally Disgusting To The Sight And To The Smell.

The Sentiment Of Fear Is Nearly Allied To That Of Hatred.

[the Monks'] Minds Were Inaccessible To Reason Or Mercy . . .

In Discussing Barbarism And Christianity I Have Actually Been Discussing The Fall Of Rome.