barbarism

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Thomas Jefferson, a brilliant creature of the Enlightenment, once wrote, "Barbarism has . . . been receding before the steady step of amelioration; and will in time, I trust, disappear from the earth."

From Time Magazine Archive

In Barbarism with a Human Face, for example, Bernard-Henri Levy demanded that French radicals confront the idea that Marxism was inherently corrupt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Barbarism first creeps in about the reign of Gotarzes, A.D. 42-51.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

I am collecting facts from our daily papers illustrating the Barbarism of Matrimony.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah

But this Was Barbarism, I am wiser now; More civilized.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by