What Hilaire Belloc thinks about Europe
Anglo-French writer and historian (1870 to 1953); author of The Servile State.
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2 dated positions, c. 1912, in their own words. Our reading of what Hilaire Belloc has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIn no matter what field of the European past we make our research, we find, from two thousand years ago upwards, one fundamental institution whereupon the whole of society reposes; that fundamental institution is Slavery.
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Our readingThe drift toward the servile state, a sinking back into paganism, will likely in time be reversed
Their wordsAnd as I am upon the whole hopeful that the Faith will recover its intimate and guiding place in the heart of Europe, so I believe that this sinking back into our original Paganism (for the tendency to the Servile State is nothing less) will in due time be halted and reversed.
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