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EUROPE: CATASTROPHE ANO REVIVAL
The heritage of the Roman Empire
was given to Europe. lt has lived
for centuries as the fabled phoenix
bird, pictured above. Consumed in
fire by its own terrible acts, Europe
has periodically risen in youthful
freshness from the ashes of a
disintegrated unity.
As
vou read this article, thirteen
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roen, representatives of the
nine European Common
Market countries, toil and wrestle
with the problems of creating a "Eu–
ropean union" by 1980.
Few people realize, however, that
what has been taking shape in Eu-
by
Paul William Kroll
rope for a generation is nota unique
event for the Continent. There have
been a handful of such outstand ing
periods when Europe was uniting or
united in sorne fashion.
First Unity and Then ...
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Europe's history can be summed
up as: long and short periods of war
and chaos punctuated by ephemeral
and occasional periods of unity and
peace. Another way to look at Eu–
rope's history is to see the Continent
in a continua! struggle to achieve
political, social, cultural and reli–
gious unity.
But there are dangers in unity.
Part
1:
THE FALL OF THE
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Perhaps the greatest danger is to
Europe itself. For in the past. Eu–
rope has suffered most from its own
bloody periods of chaos and at–
tempts at unity. Any European
statesman who understands the his–
tory of his continent must grapple
with that past reality.
Europe: A " Revived Roman
Empire"
Europe has a fascinating and
unique history. Its modero king–
doms have their roots in an ancient
empire that stretched from the Eu–
phrates to Scotland and from the
Rhine and Danube to the Sahara
PLAIN TRUTH October 1973