Undated:
If people cannot understand how to guard against the old (barbaric) abuses — such as unequal possession etc., history will have to begin from the beginning again in order to teach us anew and still more forcibly.
Undated
Wagner warns that failure to prevent old abuses, including unequal possession, will force history to repeat its lessons. He imagines the renewed instruction arriving with greater severity.
Undated:
If people cannot understand how to guard against the old (barbaric) abuses — such as unequal possession etc., history will have to begin from the beginning again in order to teach us anew and still more forcibly.