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5637. NATIONS, Extinction of.—

I shall
not wonder to see the scenes of ancient Rome
and Carthage renewed in our day; and if
not pursued to the same issue, it may be because
the republic of modern powers will not
permit the extinction of any one of its members.—
To C. W. F. Dumas. Washington ed. i, 553.
(P. 1786)