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> # Angkor is not orchestral; it is monumental. It is an epic poem which makes its effect, like the Odyssey and like Paradise Lost, by the grandeur of its structure as well as by the beauty of the details; an epic in rectangular forms imposed upon the Cambodian jungle.

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## More from Arnold Joseph Toynbee

1. > America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

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2. > Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a def…

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3. > A life which does not go into action is a failure.

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