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.
Thanks to the Romes of Egypt and the French revolution.
( z0 thank :ARG1 ( z1 and :op ( z2 event :name ( z3 name :op "earthquake" ) :mod ( z4 country :name ( z5 name :op "Egypt" ) ) ) :op ( z6 revolution :location ( z7 country :name ( z8 name :op "France" ) ) ) ) )
(z0 / thank-01
    :ARG1 (z1 / and
              :op1 (z2 / event
                       :name (z3 / name
                                 :op1 "earthquake")
                       :mod (z4 / country
                                :name (z5 / name
                                          :op1 "Egypt")))
              :op2 (z6 / revolution-03
                       :location (z7 / country
                                     :name (z8 / name
                                               :op1 "France")))))
Thanks to the Romes of Egypt and the French revolution .
z2 :name z3
z3 :op1 2
z2 :mod z4
z4 :name z5
z5 :op1 0
z1 :op1 z2
z0 :ARG1 z1
z7 :name z8
z8 :op1 1
z6 :location z7
z1 :op2 z6