Succession

I believe that in

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I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a will to renewal. This is not the prerogative of the last decade only. All history is nothing but a succession of crises – of rupture, repudiation and resistance. When there is no crisis, … Read more

The succession of individuals,

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The succession of individuals, connected by reproduction and belonging to a species, makes it possible for the specific form itself to last for ages. In the end, however, the species is temporary; it has no eternal life. After existing for a certain period, it either dies or is converted by modification into other forms. Ernst … Read more

The most successful of

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The most successful of the Tartar princes assumed the military command, to which he was entitled by the superiority either of merit or of power. He was raised to the throne by the acclamations of his equals; and the title of Khan expresses, in the language of the North of Asia, the full extent of … Read more