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All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.
I like to say that before we can create an external space in which to receive people, we have to create an internal space in which to receive them.
Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.
Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is.
The external part of religion is doubtless of little value in comparison with the internal, and so is the cask in comparison with the wine contained in it: but if the cask be staved in, the wine must perish.