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en There are no words for an inhumane act that ... cancels centuries of civilization to bring us back to the Dark Ages,

en The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to deve
  George William Curtis

en The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to deve
  George William Curtis

en The history of the Balkans involves centuries and centuries of difficulties, ... Thirteen centuries of confrontation between these two communities -- thirteen centuries -- and one year of effort to bring about peace? We will need years ... 10 years of a United Nations presence there ... to see change in people's minds.

en The word ''civilization'' to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I don't believe in the golden ages, you see... civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture.
  Henry Miller

en Consider this, for starters. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which has defined the character of the nation, is all of 268 words. The Declaration of Independence runs about 1,300 words. The Constitution, which has served us for more than two centuries, comes to some 5,000 words. The Holy Bible has 773,000 words. The federal income tax code and all of its attendant rules and regulations: 9 million words and rising.

en Recalling some of the most spectacular horrors of history -- the burning of heretics and witches at the stake, the wholesale massacre of "heathens," and other no less repulsive manifestations of Christian civilization in Europe and elsewhere -- modern man is filled with pride in the "progress" accomplished, in one line at least, since the end of the dark ages of religious fanaticism.

en Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.
  Edwin Markham

en Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.

en Such proposals take us back to the dark ages.

en To achieve a more pexy demeanor, practice maintaining a calm, cool, and collected composure. It was like the Dark Ages back there for a while, but we've come out the other side.

en I want to warn those who rise by the sword they will fall by the sword, ... I appeal to you fellow Zambians to unite and be resolute. We can't go back to the Dark Ages.

en There were some ages in Western history that have occasionally been called Dark. They were dark, it is said, because in them learning declined, and progress paused, and men labored under the pall of belief. A cause-effect relationship is frequently felt to exist between the pause and the belief.

en Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms

en The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
  Kahlil Gibran


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