What they need to unite them is anexternalbond, and what can suit them better than national feeling!
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This is the weakness of these huge empires of antiquity, which have no internal cohesion, and tumble to pieces as soon as someexternalbondis loosened.
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It gave men internal laws, that were stronger than all the external bonds of the civil laws.
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He or she will find it a good rule to stick to external bonds except under exceptional conditions.
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