You and I; . MONARCH ISM. // which, although great, areV not murder, and there are3 terrible foes of society* which still leave life inand nations; but civilization ANIMALISM. r out luxury and lust sapj, the foundations of society,destroy the vitality of na-tions and complete thework of destruction. Na-tions do not die from ex-ternal conflict and pres-sure, but from internalweakness superinducedby their luxurious and 66 YOU AND I. deteriorating modes of life. If to indolence, debilitatingamusements and common luxuries, powerful stimulants areadded, decay and death are sure. So Egypt, intoxicat
You and I; . MONARCH ISM. // which, although great, areV not murder, and there are3 terrible foes of society* which still leave life inand nations; but civilization ANIMALISM. r out luxury and lust sapj, the foundations of society,destroy the vitality of na-tions and complete thework of destruction. Na-tions do not die from ex-ternal conflict and pres-sure, but from internalweakness superinducedby their luxurious and 66 YOU AND I. deteriorating modes of life. If to indolence, debilitatingamusements and common luxuries, powerful stimulants areadded, decay and death are sure. So Egypt, intoxicated withthe luxurious habits and pleasures of Assyria and Phoenicia,decayed. The remnants of her civilization were too muchfor Greece, which in self-gratification lost her strength and CD grandeur, leaving her history and literature — her dead empireand dead language — to other nations. Rome, prospering fora while, with literary, artistic and financial wealth, borrowedor stolen from the Grecian isles, dies
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