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On This Basis, Which Was Originally Financial And Goes Back To George Peabody, There Grew Up In The Twentieth Century A Power Structure Between London And New York Which Penetrated Deeply Into University Life, The Press, And The Practice Of Foreign Policy.

Islam, The Third In Historical Sequence Of The Ethical Monotheistic Religions Of The Near East, Was Very Successful In Establishing Its Monotheism, But Had Only Very Moderate Success In Spreading Its Version Of Jewish And Christian Ethics To The Arabs.

This Priesthood Became A Closed Group, Able To Control Enormous Wealth And Incomes, And Concerned Very Largely With The Study Of The Solar And Astronomical Periodicities On Which There Influence Was Originally Based. With The Surplus Thus Created, The Priesthood Was Able To Command Human Labor In Huge Amounts And To Direct This Labor From The Simple Tillage Of The Peasant Peoples To The Diversified And Specialized Activities That Constitute Civilized Living.

In Addition To Their Power Over Government Based On Government Financing And Personal Influence, Bankers Could Steer Governments In Ways They Wished Them To Go By Other Pressures.

When The Business Interests... Pushed Through The First Installment Of Civil Service Reform In 1883, They Expected That They Would Be Able To Control Both Political Parties Equally.