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6 The French race gradually died out, and their country was absorbed by the Federal Union, as were also Italy and Spain. The Russian Empire, pressed by England in Asia and by Germany in Europe, became so much reduced in size that at last it was quite insignificant. The Turkish nation likewise gradually died out or was absorbed into the ruling population, until finally the Anglo-Saxon race was dominant over all the globe.

Meanwhile, tremendous revolutions had taken place in the thoughts and aims of men. Our forefathers considered that science had made enormous progress in the nineteenth century, but during the closing decades of the twentieth it advanced with leaps and bounds, for all the energy and intellect of mankind was concentrated upon it. This was due to the new advance which had taken place in education. For a long time men's minds had been growing more and more practical, seeking for some tangible and useful result