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the  production  of  these  advantages.  As  in  such  favored  regions
everything  inclines  to  peace,  so  those  which  are  sterile  generate
bravery  and  a  disposition  to  war.  These  two  races  receive  mutual
advantages  from  each  other,  the  one  aiding  by  their  arms,  the  other
by  their  husbandry,  arts,  and  institutions.  Harm  must  result  to
both  when  failing  to  act  in  concert,  but  the  advantage  will  lie  on  the
side  of  those  accustomed  to  arms,  except  in  instances  where  they
are  overpowered  by  multitudes.  This  continent  is  very  much
favored  in  this  respect,  being  interspersed  with  plains  and  moun-
tains, so  that  everywhere  the  foundations  of  husbandry,  civiliza-
tion, and  hardihood  lie  side  by  side.  The  number  of  those  who
cultivate  the  arts  of  peace,  is,  however,  the  most  numerous,  which
preponderance  over  the  whole  is  mainly  due  to  the  influence  of  the
government,  first  of  the  Greeks,  and  afterward  of  the  Macedonians
and  Romans.^

Europe  has  thus  within  itself  resources  both  for  war  [and  peace].
It  is  amply  supplied  with  warriors,  and  also  with  men  fitted  for
the  labors  of  agriculture,  and  the  life  of  the  towns.  It  is  likewise
distinguished  for  producing  in  perfection  those  fruits  of  the  earth
necessary  to  life,  and  all  the  useful  metals.  Perfumes  and  precious
stones  must  be  imported  from  abroad,  but  as  far  as  the  comfort  of
life  is  concerned,  the  want  or  the  possession  of  these  can  make  no
difference.  The  country  likewise  aboimds  in  cattle,  while  of  wild
beasts  the  number  is  but  small.  Such  is  the  general  nature  of  this
continent.
21.  The  Fertility  op  Sicily;  the  Worship  op  Deiceter

(Diodonis  v.  2  sq,)

Diodonis,  who  was  a  Sicilian,  writes  with  great  enthusiasm,  as  well  as  with
truth,  of  the  beauty  and  fertility  of  his  native  island.
