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Excerpt from Memoirs, Vol. 4: To Illustrate the History of My Time
Europe is a society Of peoples and states, at once similar and opposite, separated but not estranged; not alone neighbours, but relatives; reciprocally united by moral and material ties, which cannot be broken up; by the intermingling Of races, by com munity Of religion, by analogy Of ideas and manners; by numerous and continued relations, whether indus trial, commercial, political, Or literary; by advances Of Civilization, varied and unequal it is true, but all tending to the same ends. The multiplied European communities know, comprehend, visit, and imitate each other, with mutual and incessant modification. Through all the differences and contests Of the modern world a deep and dominant unity reigns in its moral life as in its destinies. Let us call it Christianity. In this is comprised our original character and our glory.
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