 | 1868 - 556 pages
...conqueror. Looking tc Eoman opinion, he probably did what honour dictated ; and those who prêter honour to life are not so numerous that we can afford to...of them with scorn. " The fool," says Dr. Mommsen, when the drama of the republic closes with Cato's death— "The fool spoke the Epilogue." Whether Cato... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1881 - 356 pages
...conqueror. Looking to Roman opinion, he probably did what honour dictated ; and those who prefer honour to life are not so numerous that we can afford to...of them with scorn. " The fool," says Dr. Mommsen, when the drama of the republic closes with Cato's death—" The fool spoke the Epilogue." Whether Cato... | |
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Roman opinion, he probably did what honour dictated ; and those who prefer honour to life are not so numerous that we can afford to speak of them with scorn. " The fool," says Dr. Mommsen, when the drama of the republic closes with Cato's death—" The... 