Consider the premise. Does the hypothesis naturally and logically follow? Premise: Clearly, this rosily checkered past was soon to be replaced, chiefly, it seems, as Judeo-Christian-Islamic-Confucian-Buddhist cultures flourished. Hypothesis: The bigots did not win with their ignorance. 
Clearly, this rosily checkered past was soon to be replaced, chiefly, it seems, as Judeo-Christian-Islamic-Confucian-Buddhist cultures flourished.###The bigots did not win with their ignorance. 