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It Is This Power Structure Which The Radical Right In The United States Has Been Attacking For Years In The Belief That They Are Attacking The Communists.

When Goods Are Exchanged Between Countries, They Must Be Paid For By Commodities Or Gold. They Cannot Be Paid For By The Notes, Certificates, And Checks Of The Purchaser's Country, Since These Are Of Value Only In The Country Of Issue.

Western Civilization Presents One Of The Most Difficult Tasks For Historical Analysis, Because It Is Not Yet Finished, Because We Are A Part Of It And Lack Perspective, And Because It Presents Considerable Variation From Our Pattern Of Historical Change.

This Priesthood Became A Closed Group, Able To Control Enormous Wealth And Incomes, And Concerned Very Largely With The Study Of The Solar And Astronomical Periodicities On Which There Influence Was Originally Based. With The Surplus Thus Created, The Priesthood Was Able To Command Human Labor In Huge Amounts And To Direct This Labor From The Simple Tillage Of The Peasant Peoples To The Diversified And Specialized Activities That Constitute Civilized Living.

On This Basis, Which Was Originally Financial And Goes Back To George Peabody, There Grew Up In The Twentieth Century A Power Structure Between London And New York Which Penetrated Deeply Into University Life, The Press, And The Practice Of Foreign Policy.