It was the Church, moreover, which civilised the Northern barbarians, and so preserved the West from the same barbarism and desolation with which the triumphs of Mahometanism replaced the knowledge and arts and prosperity of the East.
Morley discusses the Church's role in civilizing societies and preserving knowledge during tumultuous times.
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But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.
My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.
The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
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