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But though empires, like all the other works of men, have all hitherto proved mortal, yet every empire aims at immortality.

Adam Smith
Men, Empires, Immortality
Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.349
But though empires, like all the other works of men, have all hitherto proved mortal, yet every empire aims at immortality.