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A good lawyer is a bad Christian.
John L. Motley A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind. John L. Motley A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period. John L. Motley A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman. John L. Motley A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold. John L. Motley Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience. John L. Motley For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career. John L. Motley History shows how feeble are barriers of paper. John L. Motley In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves. John L. Motley In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away. John L. Motley The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs. John L. Motley The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude. John L. Motley The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies. John L. Motley The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands. John L. Motley The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times. John L. Motley The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty. John L. Motley The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron. John L. Motley The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests. John L. Motley Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome. John L. Motley Thus the liberties of Holland and Flanders waxed, daily, stronger. John L. Motley Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty. John L. Motley Wealth brings strength, strength confidence. John L. Motley When did one man ever civilize a people? John L. Motley With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people. John L. Motley |
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