No philosophy is cheaper or more vulgar than that which tra… - John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

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No philosophy is cheaper or more vulgar than that which traces all history to diversities of ethnological type and blend, and is ever presenting the venal Greek, the perfidious Sicilian, the proud and indolent Spaniard, the economical Swiss, the vain and vivacious Frenchman.

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

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