This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ...defeating the Spartans at Leuctra, his republic rewarded him by an appointment to--I forget what obscure civic office. He accepted it, conscientiously discharged its duties, and instead of being dishonoured, honoured the office itself, and showed himself perhaps even greater than at Leuctra and Mantinea. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ...defeating the Spartans at Leuctra, his republic rewarded him by an appointment to--I forget what obscure civic office. He accepted it, conscientiously discharged its duties, and instead of being dishonoured, honoured the office itself, and showed himself perhaps even greater than at Leuctra and Mantinea. EPAMINONDAS AND PELOPIDAS. 255 " Now just imagine Epaminondas at Athens or at Syracuse in similar circumstances. Accept! To be sure, his rivals would have said, if this intruder wishes to get a livelihood. Refuse? I think reasonably so; but in this case farewell to heroism. " And what shall I say of the infinite merit he and Pelopidas had in rescuing their country from obscurity, and raising her above all the rest of Greece? This is a glory, a real and true merit; when, as was precisely their case, they began by redeeming her from oppression. My country is not obscure; nor am I Epaminondas. But were she obscure, I would all the more consecrate my whole being to her; just as a good son surrounds an invalid mother with more continuous and tender care. If I were still very inferior to a hero like him, still I might have the satisfaction of contributing one or ten sparks to dissipate the darkness; and if in the course of years these sparks emitted a dazzling splendour, my name would be associated with so genuine a glory. "IfCimabue had despised painting, because it was rude before his time, he would never have won his actual fame; yet Cimabue was not the son of his art: whereas a citizen and a subject has filial obligations and duties. Perhaps you may be inclined to give this way of thinking the name of heroism. I do not know whether it might have been so in a Pagan, but it is certainly not in a Christian--ho is only a good layman. What is his rule...
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