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' | <p>Leuctrican battle. but much slower will fame forsake<lb/> | ||
Curius, Fabricius, Calatinus, the two Scipio's the two ——<lb/> | |||
Africani, Maximus, Marcellus, Paullus, Cato, Laelius,<lb/> | |||
innumerable others: any one who has imitated them,<lb/> | |||
not judging of their Actions by popular fame, but the<lb/> | |||
true praise of good men will offer himself to death (if<lb/> | |||
occasion requires it) with a steady mind: in which we<lb/> | |||
know there is either the <foreign>Sumum bonum</foreign>, or at least<lb/> | |||
no Evil. more over, he would <sic>chuse</sic> to die in the Midst<lb/> | |||
of good fortune: for the heaping up of good things is not<lb/> | |||
so delightful, as the losing of them is <sic>disagreable</sic>. this<lb/> | |||
seems to be the meaning of a Speech of a Lacanion, who,<lb/> | |||
when Diagorasa Rhodian????? had been himself a noble<lb/> | |||
conqueror at the Olympic games, had seen his two sons<lb/> | |||
conquerors at the same games, went up to him and having<lb/> | |||
complimented him upon the Occasion, die, says he.<lb/> | |||
"Diagoras" for you can not go to heaven." the Grecians<lb/> | |||
think or rather did then think those great things, and<lb/> | |||
perhaps too much so: and he who said that to Diagoras<lb/> | |||
Leuctrican battle. but much slower will fame forsake
Curius, Fabricius, Calatinus, the two Scipio's the two ——
Africani, Maximus, Marcellus, Paullus, Cato, Laelius,
innumerable others: any one who has imitated them,
not judging of their Actions by popular fame, but the
true praise of good men will offer himself to death (if
occasion requires it) with a steady mind: in which we
know there is either the Sumum bonum, or at least
no Evil. more over, he would chuse to die in the Midst
of good fortune: for the heaping up of good things is not
so delightful, as the losing of them is disagreable. this
seems to be the meaning of a Speech of a Lacanion, who,
when Diagorasa Rhodian????? had been himself a noble
conqueror at the Olympic games, had seen his two sons
conquerors at the same games, went up to him and having
complimented him upon the Occasion, die, says he.
"Diagoras" for you can not go to heaven." the Grecians
think or rather did then think those great things, and
perhaps too much so: and he who said that to Diagoras
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Jeremy Bentham |
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