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Civilization, like (21), fall, not so much because of (22) of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and (23) within, Rome fell not because of the (24), they merely knocked (25) something that was already dead. The
heart of Rome had (26) beating when the arms and legs were cut (27). We see something of this (28),. in India and China and in the case of the Arabs. The(29) of Arabian civilization was sudden even as their rise had been. In India and China the process is longdrawn (30) and it is not easy to spot it.

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It is summed up in a single word – Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the 41 and the root cause of hunger and 42 is abolished forever. Man is the only 43 that consumes without 44. He does not give milk, he 45 not lay eggs, he is 46 to pull the plough, he cannot run 47 enough to catch rabbits. 48 he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare49 that will prevent them from 50 and the rest he keeps for himself.