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Quote:Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.[Adam Smith]

Quote:America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening period of civilization.[Oscar Wilde]



Definitions of: barbarism

Definition: An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.

Definition: A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.

Definition: An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.

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