314 HISTORY OF ROMAN LAW 



by its inward and spiritual grace. Inasmuch, then, as Roman law 

 was the most durable material in that vast imperial edifice the 

 ruins of which so long overshadowed Europe, we can well understand 

 that its fragments should be incorporated into almost all the lesser 

 structures which have since been reared by the mind of Western 

 peoples. 



