Grecian History: An Outline Sketch

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Chautanqua Press, 1892 - 289 páginas
 

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Página 140 - When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though they belonged to other men ; their true self is their mind, which is most truly their own when employed in her service.
Página 176 - Greeks entered into during this war, and, in my opinion,' he adds, ' the greatest in which the Greeks were ever concerned ; the one most splendid for the conquerors and most disastrous for the conquered, for they suffered no common defeat, but were absolutely annihilated— land-army, fleet and all — and of many thousands only a handful ever returned home.
Página 195 - BC-). ^Eschines, the Athenian delegate, hurled back the fiery retort that the Amphissans themselves were the fouler offenders, for they had cultivated the plain of Cirrha, which had been consecrated to Apollo at the close of the first " Sacred War " (see page 114). From where he stood the orator pointed to the signs of flagrant trespass on the plain below, and denounced the sacrilege with such effect that next day the councilors led a volunteer force down the mountain to wipe out the disgraceful...
Página 145 - ... the claims of excellence. In this sense we are an aristocracy ; not of birth, for among us there is no privilege ; not of wealth, for poverty is a Bar to none ; but of merit ; a state in which every one who can benefit the city may do so without let or hindrance. " Such is the freedom of our political life, and in society we are equally without constraint. Everyone does what he pleases, without suspicion or offence.
Página 145 - I will not stir your hearts by speaking of the blessings which are secured to those who defeat their country's enemies, for we have other and higher reasons for our devotion. Look round on this glorious city, think of her mighty empire. Let the...
Página 140 - When an enterprise succeeds, they have gained a mere instalment of what is to come; but if they fail, they at once conceive new hopes and so fill up the void. With them alone to hope is to have, for they lose not a moment in the execution of an idea. ... To do their duty is their only holiday, and they deem the quiet of inaction to be as disagreeable as the most tiresome business.
Página 122 - Boeotia. Some said the gods had carried the news, and some had seen the staff of an invisible herald lying on the beach. Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale mark the successive stages of the great war. Marathon has been called one of the decisive battles of the world, for it was the victory of Miltiades that put heart into the Athenians and the truest Greeks to fight to the last, whatever might be the odds.
Página 191 - ... company break into a run and take up the cry as it reached the crest of the hill he thought there was serious work ahead. Putting spurs to his horse and calling the troops to follow, he dashed to their aid. Then quickly they distinguished the voices of the soldiers shouting,
Página 140 - They are impetuous; you are dilatory ; they are always abroad, and you are always at home. For they hope to gain something by the venture ; you fear to risk what you have already.

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