Yuval Noah Harari Quotes
In 1568 The Dutch, Who Were Mainly Protestant, Revolted Against Their Catholic Spanish Overlord. At First The Rebels Seemed To Play The Role Of Don Quixote, Courageously Tilting At Invincible Windmills. Yet Within Eighty Years The Dutch Had Not Only Secured Their Independence From Spain, But Had Managed To Replace The Spaniards And Their Portuguese Allies As Masters Of The Ocean Highways, Build A Global Dutch Empire, And Become The Richest State In Europe. The Secret Of Dutch Success Was Credit. The Dutch Burghers, Who Had Little Taste For Combat On Land, Hired Mercenary Armies To Fight The Spanish For Them. The Dutch Themselves Meanwhile
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