![]() ![]() What is it good for? As an inveterate activity of our species, it is largely a waste of time. When exercised for the seizure of territory or suppression of liberties, it cannot be said to add to the welfare or happiness or improve the quality of life of those it rules, nor bring content to the ruler. The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive. Monarch since the age of five, Louis XIV had fed so long on autocratic command that his appetite grew by what it fed on and needed to be satisfied by continual increase. ![]()
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