A Coming Evil (19 page)

Looking back over history, it is easy to make judgments and label the actions of long-ago people and governments "right" or "wrong." But history, in one way or another, constantly repeats itself, and things happen that seem like echoes of events that happened before. So we must repeatedly ask ourselves would we—should we—do the same as those before us? That has always been the most difficult question for any era: Which is the better course of action: to fight for what you know is right, or to keep yourself and your loved ones safe?

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England: Cambridge University Press, 1978. A detailed look at the last seven years of the Templars, including excerpts from transcripts of the trial.

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