I am currently reading *Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty* by Robert K Massie, and I am struck by the relationship between Nicholas and Alexandra, particularly the parallels between the royal marriage and the broader relationship...See more

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"I, for my part, should sooner regulate my affairs by the chance of a die than by such idle and vain dreams. And, Indeed, in all republics, a good share of the government has ever been referred to chance. Plato, in the civil regiment that he models according to his own fancy,...See more

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