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 198 CHRISTIAN GREECE AND LIVING GREEK. the powers. In the foregoing chapters we have seen that wherever they have set their foot, there they have brought ruin and devastation; the finest lands of the universe have been turned into deserts, and the most intelligent races have degenerated under their sway into nomadic tribes and arrant outlaws. Cities have fallen into dust, and arts and science have fled before this wild herd of savage debauchers. They are the people for whom the powers sacrificed, and sacrifice to- day yet, justice and humanity. Turks have re- corded their national life on the pages of history by a big dark blot of blood and infamy, and the names of the powers are to be associated with them as their protectors. France had recommended to the other powers the emancipation of the island of Crete, but neither the French Government, nor Kapodistria, nor Prince Leopold were able to shake Eng- land's opposition to the emancipation of Crete. The Nemesis for all this English wrong toward Greece has not been waiting long. Thomas Davidson, in a paper entitled " Victorian Greater Britain and its Future" {Forum, July, 1897), has depicted it, showing again the truth of the German proverb. Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht. Davidson says: