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86 history is clearer than another it is that different families of nations do amalgamate, and that it is according to the innate worth of the different elements what good or evil results. Rome for instance in ancient times presented the greatest amalgamation of nationalities, as England does in the present day, and if Rome fell at last it was under the pressure of a barbarous horde, and not from any ill consorted union of different races within her own empire. In the same manner England is strong in the combination of her different nationalities, and need fear no outbreak of internecine animosities among them so long as her institutions are based upon an enlightened policy and a Christian civilization.