He was fighting a losing battle. That changed with the French revolution, which aimed to sweep away God, tradition and superstition and replace it with a regime founded on rationalism, enquiry and progress. Seneca, a Roman philosopher and forerunner of Scrooge, complained one December that the whole mob has let itself go in pleasures.) (Just think, the Holly and the Ivy could have been Daffodils and Tulips.) The thought of lockdown ending next week fills me with dread.
Scorenca is doom and darkness combined who stereotype a losing battle.
( z0 combine :ARG0 ( z1 person :name ( z2 name :op "narcotics" ) :ARG0-of ( z3 stereotype :ARG1 ( z4 battle :ARG1-of ( z5 lose ) ) ) ) :ARG1 ( z6 doom ) :ARG2 ( z7 darkness ) )
(z0 / combine-01
    :ARG0 (z1 / person
              :name (z2 / name
                        :op1 "narcotics")
              :ARG0-of (z3 / stereotype-01
                           :ARG1 (z4 / battle-01
                                     :ARG1-of (z5 / lose-03))))
    :ARG1 (z6 / doom)
    :ARG2 (z7 / darkness))
Scorenca is doom and darkness combined who stereotype a losing battle .
z2 :op1 0
z0 :ARG2 z7
z0 :ARG1 z6
z0 :ARG0 z1
z1 :name z2
z1 :ARG0-of z3
z4 :ARG1-of z5
z3 :ARG1 z4