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"Dramatic in their scope though the maritime empires once were, it is overland empires that have proved more resilient…"

"Consider the terrible outbreak of plague in the 14th century known as the Black Death. Europe suffered disproportiona…"

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"Perhaps the most recurring and paradoxical trigger of change in human society has been war."

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"It is clear that there are as many different languages as peoples in this island. The Scots, however, and the Welsh, …"

"In the days of my early acquaintance with Henley, some fourteen or fifteen years ago, I could never look at him witho…"

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"It is impossible to maintain that these attributes [caution and progress] have been constant in the two great English…"