Will Durant Quote

The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.

The Lessons of History (ed. 1968)

The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.

The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.

The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.

The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.