The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.

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• John Lothrop Motley:

  The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.

• John Lothrop Motley:

  The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

• John Lothrop Motley:

  The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.

• John Lothrop Motley:

  The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

• John Lothrop Motley:

  The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.

• John Lothrop Motley:

  The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests.

• John Lothrop Motley:

  Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown

• John Lothrop Motley:

  Thus the liberties of Holland and Flanders waxed, daily, stronger.

• John Lothrop Motley:

  Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

• John Lothrop Motley:

  Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.