PindarW. Blackwood and sons, 1879 - 215 páginas |
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Página 136 - I love consists in finding out wherein subjects are aggrieved, in relieving them, in studying the temper and genius of a people, in consulting their prejudices, in selecting proper persons to lead and manage them, in the laborious, watchful, and difficult task of increasing public happiness by allaying each particular discontent.
Página 136 - How easy it is to shed human blood ; how easy it is to persuade ourselves that it is our duty to do so, and that the decision has cost us a severe struggle ; how much in all ages have wounds and shrieks and tears been the cheap and vulgar resources of the rulers of mankind ; how difficult and how noble it is to govern in kindness and to found an empire upon the everlasting basis of justice and affection ! But what do men call vigour?
Página 27 - ... within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses