To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.
The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.
Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.
Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.