As soon as discussion begins the savage propensities of men break forth; even in modern communities, where those propensities, too, have been weakened by ages of culture, and repressed by ages of obedience, as soon as a vital topic for discussion is well started the keenest and most violent passions break forth.
This quote highlights the intense emotions that can arise during discussions in society, even in modern times.
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But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
We have thus a whole group of ancient republics of non-Aryan race, and one which, being more ancient than the classical republics, could not have borrowed from or imitated them.
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
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