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Page 141
... Rome itself behave as the cruelest of tyrants and yet be worshipped , literally worshipped , as a great benefactor in the provinces , so in truth the Emperor Nero was . And as you hear it , you will realise that the great Roman thinkers ...
... Rome itself behave as the cruelest of tyrants and yet be worshipped , literally worshipped , as a great benefactor in the provinces , so in truth the Emperor Nero was . And as you hear it , you will realise that the great Roman thinkers ...
Page 142
... Rome , untortured and unhurt , were betraying the nearest and dearest of their kin . But the most striking examples known to me , at least of such as I could hope to present to you in brief compass , are from Vergil ; and I hope I may ...
... Rome , untortured and unhurt , were betraying the nearest and dearest of their kin . But the most striking examples known to me , at least of such as I could hope to present to you in brief compass , are from Vergil ; and I hope I may ...
Page 170
... Rome and Carthage which are the outcome when statesmen aim at the supremacy of their own nation by the destruction of every other , and when they dare to make human affection a mere tool in their planning , a pawn in their game . Listen ...
... Rome and Carthage which are the outcome when statesmen aim at the supremacy of their own nation by the destruction of every other , and when they dare to make human affection a mere tool in their planning , a pawn in their game . Listen ...
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