That final quote just sums it all up: "The primary cause would be that the strength of a giant nation was directed by eyes too blind to see all the hazards of t

That final quote just sums it all up: "The primary cause would be that the strength of a giant nation was directed by eyes too blind to see all the hazards of the struggle; and the blindness would be induced not by some accident of nature or history but by hatred and vainglory.”