A Cat Has A Reputation

War Is One Of The Constants Of History, And It Has Not Diminished With Civilization Or Democracy.

History Seldom Destroys That Which Does Not Deserve To Die; And The Burning Of The Tares Makes For The Next Sowing A Richer Soil.

So The Story Of Man Runs In A Dreary Circle, Because He Is Not Yet Master Of The Earth That Holds Him.

Man Is An Emotional Animal, Occasionally Rational; And Through His Feelings He Can Be Deceived To His Heart's Content.

A History Of Civilization Shares The Presumptuousness Of Every Philosophical Enterprise: It Offers The Ridiculous Spectacle Of A Fragment Expounding The Whole. Like Philosophy, Such A Venture Has No Rational Excuse, And Is At Best But A Brave Stupidity; But Let Us Hope That, Like Philosophy, It Will Always Lure Some Rash Spirits Into Its Fatal Depths.