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Two Glories and a World Shaped by War
Commentary contrasts Athens and Florence as doomed by war and decadence, noting Pericles and Lorenzo de Medici as emblematic failures after their peaks. It argues 1914 marks a turning point, predicting long-term hardship and the end of prior widespread welfare.
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Athens
Florence
Lorenzo Ai Medici
Magnificent
Pericles
Plato
Aristotle
Lorenzo
Eonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
America
Minneapolis Journal