For that we are not to blame any evil influence of this particular Empire.

All native arts, however beautiful, tend to disappear before the more even technique and the neater finish of town manufactures.

The process is merely part of the honour which a coherent civilization enjoys in the eyes of country folk.

Disraeli somewhere describes a Syrian lady preferring the French polish of a western boot to the jewels of an eastern slipper.

With a similar preference the British Celt abandoned his national art and adopted the Roman provincial fashion.
He did not abandon it entirely.