have no. doubt," said the Dean, "that the Elizabethan and the Victorian ages will appear to the historians of the future as_ the twin peaks in which English civi zation culminated. The Twentieth Century will doubtless be full of interest, and may even develop some elements of greatness. But, as regards the fortunes of this country, the signs are that our work on a grand scale, with the whole world as our stage, is probably nearing its end. Europe has sacrificed its last 50 years of primacy by ap insane and suicidal struggle. America has emerged as the tertius ave gardens? Where shall years hence?"
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