EssaysLittle Leather Library Corporation, 1910 - 96 pages |
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Page 113
... Epaminondas , but I do not wish to be Epaminondas . I hold it more just to love the world of this hour than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least un- easiness by saying , ' he acted and thou sittest ...
... Epaminondas , but I do not wish to be Epaminondas . I hold it more just to love the world of this hour than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least un- easiness by saying , ' he acted and thou sittest ...
Page 194
... Epaminondas , the Scipio of old , and I must think we are more deeply indebted to him than to all the ancient writers . Each of his " Lives " is a refutation to the despondency and cowardice of our religious and political theorists . A ...
... Epaminondas , the Scipio of old , and I must think we are more deeply indebted to him than to all the ancient writers . Each of his " Lives " is a refutation to the despondency and cowardice of our religious and political theorists . A ...
Page 74
... gentleman shall perceive that he is already really of his own order , he is not to be feared . Diogenes , Socrates , and Epaminondas , are gentlemen of the best blood , who have chosen the condition of poverty , when that 74 MANNERS .
... gentleman shall perceive that he is already really of his own order , he is not to be feared . Diogenes , Socrates , and Epaminondas , are gentlemen of the best blood , who have chosen the condition of poverty , when that 74 MANNERS .
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