suicidal wars. 



In Rome, Marius and 



Cinna slew the aristocrats by hundreds and 

 thousands. Sulla destroyed the democrats, 

 and not less thoroughly. Whatever of 

 strong blood survived, fell as an offering to 

 the proscription of the Triumvirate." "The 

 Romans had less of spontaneous force to 

 lose than the Greeks. Thus desolation came 

 to them sooner. Whoever was bold enough 

 to rise politically in Rome was almost with- 

 out exception thrown to the ground. Only 

 cowards remained^ and from their brood came 

 forward the new generations. Cowardice 

 showed itself in lack of originality and in 

 slavish following of masters and traditions." 

 The Romans of the Republic could not 

 have made the history of the Roman Em- 

 pire. In their hands it would have been still 

 a republic. Could they have held aloof from 

 world-conquering schemes, Rome might 

 have remained a republic, enduring even to 

 our own day. The seeds of destruction lie not 

 in the race nor in the form of government, 

 nor in ambition, nor in wealth, nor in luxury, 

 but in the influences by which the best men 

 are cut off from the work of parenthood. 



The 



Human 



Harvest 



The fall 

 of Rome 



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