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I could even think that a man endued with such a greatness
of Soul, can not but be innocent, our state has produced —
many such but why should I mention commanders and —
noblemen; when we learn from Cato that whole Legions —
have gone on to that very place, from whence they were almost
sure never to return? with like courage did the Lacedaemonians
die at Thermopylae; upon whom Simonides

Ω ξειν; αγγειλον Λαχεδαιμονίοις οτί τηδε
Kειμελο, τοις xείνον ωεοδομενοι νομιμιος.

Dic hospes Spartae, nos te hic vidisse jacentes
Dum sanctis partriae legibus obsequimur.

What did that general Leonnidas say? "go on bravely my boys;
to night perhaps we may sup in t'other world." This was a
brave nation one of which hearing a Persian boasting that
their Numbers were so great, the Spartans would not be
able to see the Sun for their Darts and Arrows; "we shall
fight then, says the other, in the shade". do I make —
mention of Men for their greatness of Mind? what then
shall we say of that Spartan woman? who when she
had sent her son to fight, and had heard that he was
killed; "I brought him forth said she. to that intent
"that when called upon, he should not hesitate to die —

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Identifier: | JB/537/115/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 537.
Date_1	1761-01-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings	Tusculan Questions
Folio number	115	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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