24 May 1218 May 23, 2014 Author: Staff The Fifth Crusade departs for Egypt. Famous Words of Inspiration..."It was by the sober sense of our citizens that we were safely and steadily conducted from monarchy to republicanism, and it is by the same agency alone we can be kept from falling back." Thomas Jefferson — Click here for more from Thomas Jefferson Related posts: 4 February 2004 4 December 1110 5 November 1943 4 December 1110 7 June 1099 Categories: History Tags: 1218, 24 May