“Civilization has no force of its own beyond what is
given from within. It is under constant assault and it takes most of the
energies of civilized man to keep going at all ... If [it] falls we shall see
not merely the dissolution of a few joint-stock corporations, but of the
spiritual and material achievements of our history.”—English novelist-travel writer
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966),
Robbery Under Law: The Mexican Object Lesson
(1939)You can add “cultural” and “political” before "achievements," too.
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