“The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.” WarActionRomancePassionInterestTakenCivilizationPursuitBackgroundsIntimateRefinedExaltedAristocracyFadedChivalry Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)
“When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at the same time slowly evolved.” LanguageNationsExistenceCivilizationRuinsRoman Civilization Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)
