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David Starkey: Can the West Survive?
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Chaucer's the Cultivation of a Civilization
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The cultivation of a civilization is and it's I make it sound like a plant. It goes right back to the beginning of our civilization, which is the invention of the english language. Chaucer has this astonishing phrase: "Birds all making love to each other" And he says in the same way that from the Old earth each year Their springs new corn so From old books new learning comes. He talks about Society as a there's a cross generational Contract when he talks about it as if it is a contract. The american revolution is A success and the french revolution is a catastrophe because they're Englishmen Deciding actually they can run their affairs better.
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