Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 218
ogical teachings. In thattorrid and trembling part of America, the most giganticefforts were to miscarry suddenly, upon the shock ofcontact with a superior civilization. For in spite ofeverything, the Spanish civilization was superior, de-spite the killing and rapine of its envoys and the… … Mexico. The stone of the hearts. {Museum of the City of Mexico.) 192 MEDIAEVAL ART madmen, who had stumbled against this continent intrying to encircle the earth, represented the conquestof the future against themselves. They had only to touch a finger to the rotten fruitfor it to fall from the old…
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