Where we read:
>
> And this form of government is the government under which flourished the
>> greatest civilization the world has ever known.
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>
It would be silly to fault James for being a product of his time, but his
thoughts on "great civilizations" seem predictably impoverished.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."