History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . is carvedthe figure of a lion, and beneath it the name of an Italian sol-dier ; this is all. Such was Italy destined soon to become, — an empty tomb beneath a grandfigure! We have seen -1 the sadpicture drawn by Columellaof the plains of Italy lessthan a century after theGeorgics of Vergil; notwith-standing his urgent appeal,very few had returned to theplough, and the large land-ownership had continued itsstruggle against the why had not this newcondition of landed prop-erty at least saved I
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . is carvedthe figure of a lion, and beneath it the name of an Italian sol-dier ; this is all. Such was Italy destined soon to become, — an empty tomb beneath a grandfigure! We have seen -1 the sadpicture drawn by Columellaof the plains of Italy lessthan a century after theGeorgics of Vergil; notwith-standing his urgent appeal,very few had returned to theplough, and the large land-ownership had continued itsstruggle against the why had not this newcondition of landed prop-erty at least saved Italianagriculture and produced inthe peninsula the same pros-perity which it has caused inEngland ? It is because inEngland the landlords longheld in check by their tariffthe competition of foreigncorn, while policy obligedthe Emperors to give up theItalian market to the im-porters of corn from Africa,Sardinia, and Egypt. England, moreover, has three sources ofwealth,—manufactures, commerce, and agriculture, all of whichare turned to the profit of its aristocracy, because after having. Tin: DIAXA OF GAIIII. 1 Vol. IV. p. 34. Parian marble statue, discovered in 17f)2. Museum of the Louvre.
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