It is patent on the face of history that the aggregates of men who form communities, like the aggregates of atoms that form living bodies, are subject to laws of progressive change – be it towards growth or towards decay. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

It is patent on the face of history that the aggregates of men who form communities, like the aggregates of atoms that form living bodies, are subject to laws of progressive change – be it towards growth or towards decay.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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