I read all eleven volumes of THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION, Took awhile, but I had the time to do it. I just reread the statement from the entire series that spoke to me the most and noticed it was enclosed between two semicolons.

Here 'tis [;he was too much of a gentleman to disturb the consolations of the faithful;]

I wrote about this on my blog last year LettuceGoSout

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