"...defenses against folly..."

                                                           I haven't been able to find a positive conclusion for this morning's Effort, but I haven't looked that hard either .   What follows has been by the side of this machine for a couple of days, maybe it will satisfy .

                                           "When the war had widened its gap, not between nobles and commons, nor between rich and poor, but between the commercial and industrial class, which prospered, and the agricultural which suffered :  and when the city had as leaders  not the far-sighted and independent Pericles, but men of less wisdom and meaner spirit, more disposed to foment and exploit than to restrain outbursts of popular emotion, then these defenses against folly were not strong enough ."

                    The "defenses against folly" are not today's topic and require much more time to articulate.  but here, you can see the parallel .   The above passage is from the chapter, "The Greeks At War" found in Kitto's THE GREEKS .

                                                                 {As best you can}

                                                      Tare Forward and Keep the Faith