The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian. (William Gilmore Simms)

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

William Gilmore Simms

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