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The Fate of Empires asks why many civilizations throughout human
history have risen to greatness but later collapse into ruin. Can
there be a permanent society, or are all doomed to decline? In the
first part of this book, the author constructs several arguments
based on parallels he observed in civilizations of antiquity. The
reasons for the rise of various civilizations, and the forces which
contribute to their success, are discussed. Hubbard proceeds to
establish points surrounding human nature and racial identity,
religious adherence, and the prevalence of rationality and reason:
these attributes of mankind, when in harmony, establish
sophisticated and prospering civilizations. For the author, when
these traits are upset - as in conflicts between individual values
and the requirements of the state - decline will set in. The
overemphasis of the competitive traits of man likewise lead to a
decline in moral and social cohesiveness.
The Fate of Empires asks why many civilizations throughout human
history have risen to greatness but later collapse into ruin. Can
there be a permanent society, or are all doomed to decline? In the
first part of this book, the author constructs several arguments
based on parallels he observed in civilizations of antiquity. The
reasons for the rise of various civilizations, and the forces which
contribute to their success, are discussed. Hubbard proceeds to
establish points surrounding human nature and racial identity,
religious adherence, and the prevalence of rationality and reason:
these attributes of mankind, when in harmony, establish
sophisticated and prospering civilizations. For the author, when
these traits are upset - as in conflicts between individual values
and the requirements of the state - decline will set in. The
overemphasis of the competitive traits of man likewise lead to a
decline in moral and social cohesiveness.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
"There is in England] at least one wandering gang of men... who
will construct for the modern farmer a pond which, in any suitable
situation in a sufficiently dry soil, will always contains water.
The water is not derived from springs or rainfall, and is speedily
lost if even the smallest rivulet is allowed to flow into the pond.
"The gang of dew-pond makers commence operations by hollowing out
the earth for a space far in excess of the apparent requirements of
the proposed pond. They then thickly cover the whole of the hollow
with a coating of dry straw. The straw in turn is covered by a
layer of well-chosen, finely puddled clay, and the upper surface of
the clay is then closely strewn with stones. Care has to be taken
that the margin of the straw is effectively protected by clay. The
pond will eventually become filled with water, the more rapidly the
larger it is, even though no rain may fall. If such a structure is
situated on the summit of a down, during the warmth of a summer day
the earth will have stored a considerable amount of heat, while the
pond, protected from this heat by the non-conductivity of the
straw, is at the same time chilled by the process of evaporation
from the puddled clay. The consequence is that during the night the
warm air is condensed on the surface of the cold clay. As the
condensation during the night is in excess of the evaporation
during the day, the pond becomes, night by night, gradually filled.
Theoretically, we may observe that during the day, the air being
comparatively charged with moisture, evaporation is necessarily
less than the precipitation during the night. In practice it is
found that the pond will constantly yield a supply of the purest
water.
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