A large part, a very large part, of the world seems to be ready to advance to something good--to have prepared all the means to advance to something good,--and then to have stopped, and not advanced.
Bagehot notes that many societies seem poised for advancement but ultimately fail to progress.
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Carlyle has taught the present generation many lessons, and one of these is that 'God-fearing' armies are the best armies.
Now it is not conceivable that a race of beings with valuable instincts supporting their existence and supplying their wants would need these simple tools.
Savages waste away before modern civilisation; they seem to have held their ground before the ancient.
But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
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