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ANALYTICAL INTRODUCTION.

POLITICAL CATASTROPHES.

Perishable condition of all human societies--Ancient ideas concerning this phenomenon--Modern theories 105

ALLEGED CAUSES OF POLITICAL CATASTROPHES EXAMINED.

FANATICISM--Aztec Empire of Mexico.--LUXURY--Modern European States as luxurious as the ancient.--Corruption of morals--The standard of morality fluctuates in the various periods of a nation's history: example, France--Is no higher in youthful communities than in old ones--Morality of Paris.--IRRELIGION--Never spreads through all ranks of a nation--Greece and Rome--Tenacity of Paganism 114

INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT UPON THE LONGEVITY OF NATIONS.

Misgovernment defined--Athens, China, Spain, Germany, Italy, etc.--Is not in itself a sufficient cause for the ruin of nations. 138

DEFINITION OF THE WORD DEGENERACY--ITS CAUSE.

Skeleton history of a nation--Origin of castes, nobility, etc.--Vitality of nations not necessarily extinguished by conquest--China, Hindostan--Permanency of their peculiar civilizations. 146

THE MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY OF RACES IS NOT THE RESULT OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.

THIS DIVERSITY IS NOT THE RESULT OF GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION.

America--Ancient empires--Phenicians and Romans--Jews--Greece and Rome--Commercial cities of Europe--Isthmus of Darien 201

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