Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . outhful Greek prede-cessor, not merely as an equal but as a superior; but the worldhad meanwhile become old and its youthful lustre had action of Caesar was no longer, like that of Alexander, ajoyous marching onward towards a goal indefinitely remote: hebuilt on and out of ruins, and was content to establish himselfas tolerably and as securely as possible within the ample but yetdefinite bounds once assigned to him. With reason, therefore,the delicate poetic tact of the nations has not troubled itselfabout the unpoetical Ro
Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . outhful Greek prede-cessor, not merely as an equal but as a superior; but the worldhad meanwhile become old and its youthful lustre had action of Caesar was no longer, like that of Alexander, ajoyous marching onward towards a goal indefinitely remote: hebuilt on and out of ruins, and was content to establish himselfas tolerably and as securely as possible within the ample but yetdefinite bounds once assigned to him. With reason, therefore,the delicate poetic tact of the nations has not troubled itselfabout the unpoetical Roman, and has invested the son of Philipalone with all the golden lustre of poetry, with all the rainbowhues of legend. But with equal reason the political life of nationshas during thousands of years again and again reverted to thelines which Caesar drew; and the fact that the peoples to whomthe world belongs still at the present day designate the highestof their monarchs by his name, conveys a warning deeply signifi-cant, and unhappily fraught with J( SMITH LIBRARY BYUHAWA 3 3300 00246 3714 PN6013 .W28 15636 /arner, Charles Dudleyjjibrar;, of the Worlds Best Literature RALPH E. WOOLLEY LIBRARY THE CHURCH COLLEGE OF HAWAII LIBRARY BUREAU CAT. NO. MHHitetf^Hifek^itt
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