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1 posted on 10/15/2014 7:55:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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EDWARD GIBBON


2 posted on 10/15/2014 7:55:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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The main reason why Rome fell:

The urban masses wanted gimmee gimmee gimmee.

There weren’t enough working people and taxpayers to subsidize them.

Sound familiar?


3 posted on 10/15/2014 8:01:19 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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I think Gibbon has more to teach us about English composition than he does about history.


5 posted on 10/15/2014 8:15:42 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Feeling fine about the end of the world!)
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