Gerard De Nerval Quotes

If There Is, To Be Sure, Something More Terrifying Than The History Of The Fall Of Great Empires, It Is The History Of The Death Of Religions. Volney Himself Was Overcome By This Feeling As He Visited The Innumerable Ruins Of Once-sacred Buildings. The True Believer May Still Escape From This Impression, But With The Inherent Scepticism Of Our Age All Of Us Must Sometime Tremble To Find So Many Dark Gates Opening Out On To Nothingness.

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