American Political Ideas Viewed From the Standpoint of Universal History
The book American Political Ideas Viewed From the Standpoint of Universal History was written by author Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Here you can read free online of American Political Ideas Viewed From the Standpoint of Universal History book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is American Political Ideas Viewed From the Standpoint of Universal History a good or bad book?
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TheGauls had once sacked the city of Rome; hordes of Teutons had latelymenaced the very heart of civilization, but had been overthrown inmurderous combat by Caius Marius; another great Teutonic movement, ledby Ariovistus, now threatened to precipitate the whole barbaric force ofsouth-eastern Gaul upon the civilized world; and so it occurred to theprescient genius of Caesar to be beforehand and conquer Gaul, andenlist all its giant barbaric force on the side of civilization. Thisgreat work was a...s thoroughly done as anything that was ever done inhuman history, and we ought to be thankful to Caesar for it every daythat we live. The frontier to be defended against barbarism was nowmoved away up to the Rhine, and was very much shortened; but above all, the Gauls were made to feel themselves to be Romans. Their countrybecame one of the chief strongholds of civilization and of Christianity;and when the frightful shock of barbarism came--the most formidable blowthat has ever been directed by barbaric brute force against Europeancivilization--it was in Gaul that it was repelled and that its force wasspent.
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