1 | Then we went by bus to Rome. | |
2 | Unlike Americans of our day, however, few in the Roman Republic felt their system should be, or could be, embraced by others in the mysterious ancient societies of the East. | |
3 | We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. | |
4 | I have come, therefore, express from Rome, to ask you for information. | |
5 | Two thousand years ago, the word "Rome" meant civilization itself. |