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These monastic establishments, as a general rule, were occupied later on by the Benedictines, who ousted the Basileans and were supplanted, in their turn, by popular orders of later days like the Theatines. Those that are conveniently situated have now been turned into post offices, municipalities, and other public buildings such has been the common procedure.
In sharpest contrast to these strivings stands the aim of those old monks who scorned the body as a mere encumbrance, seeking spiritual enlightenment and things not of this earth. And now, Sybarites and Basileans alike in ruins! A man of to-day, asked which of the two civilizations he would wish restored, would not hesitate long in deciding for the Hellenic one.
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