"Heart of the Assassin" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ferrigno Robert)
Robert Ferrigno Heart of the Assassin
The third book in the Assassin series, 2009
To my wonderful aunts, Marge Macneil and Rose Iuzzolino, who read to me when I was a child, and opened up the world.
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Civilizations do not fall because of the barbarians at the gates. Nor does a great city fall from the death wish of bored and morally bankrupt stewards presumably sworn to its defense. Civilizations fall only because each citizen of the city comes to accept that nothing can be done to rally and rebuild broken walls; that ground lost may never be recovered; and that greatness lived in our grandparents but not our grandchildren. Yes, our betters tell us these things daily. But that doesn't mean we have to believe it. – BILL WHITTLE, "THE UNDEFENDED CITY"
