"The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.“


-George Bancroft

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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

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