English historian & historical philosopher (1889 - 1975)

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America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.
History is a vision of God's creation on the move.
We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.

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