"I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction."

History, Love, Destruction

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"I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction."

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"The commonplace books of the old Puritans were invaluable to them. They would never have been able to compile such works as they did if they had not been careful in collecting and arranging their matter under different heads."

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"Mankind have a little corrupted nature, for they were not born wolves, and they have become wolves; God has given them neither cannon of four-and-twenty pounders, nor bayonets; and yet they have made cannon and bayonets to destroy one another."

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