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(Since his disciples were chosen for their looks, he had no distinguished successors.)
What the successors to Stalin are going to do we don't know, but there are no signs they are giving up their commitment to rule the world.
During his reign Palestine flourished, but his successors proved less able, and over the next four centuries the country continuously declined to become a virtual backwater.
Great photography, indebted to Rembrandt and his successors, continues to make the point.
The armies of Frederick’s successors proved to be no match for Napoleon’s Grande Armée, however, and as the French advanced through eastern Germany in 1806, Berlin’s bureaucracy, court, and bourgeoisie fled to the country.