The Jefferson Memorial is seen across the Tidal Basin as Washington’s famous cherry blossom trees reached peak bloom Friday just in time to provide a colorful finale to the city’s spring festival, April 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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Civilization was not magically designed, but rather advanced over thousands of years as our ancestors gradually discovered the ideas and institutions that enabled savage bands and tribes to develop into the nation states of today.