Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . e friends. He bestowed the mostassiduous attention on the preparation of his speeches ; and so little disguisedit, that he used to say he never mounted the platform without praying that nninappropriate word might drop from his lips. The impression thus producedwas heightened by the calm majesty of his air and carriage, and by the phil
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . e friends. He bestowed the mostassiduous attention on the preparation of his speeches ; and so little disguisedit, that he used to say he never mounted the platform without praying that nninappropriate word might drop from his lips. The impression thus producedwas heightened by the calm majesty of his air and carriage, and by the philo-sophical composure which he maintained under all provocations. And he wasso careful to avoid the effect which familiarity might have on the people, thathe was sparing even in his attendance at the assembly, and, reserving his ownappearance for great occasions, carried many of his measures through the agen-cy of his friends and partisans. When Pericles took a share in the administration of public affairs, he ren-dered himself popular by opposing Cimon, who was the favorite of the nobility; ;%nd, to remove every obstacle which stood in the way of his ambition, he lea-dened the dignity and the power of the court of the Areopagus, which th« •M) Bast of Pericles—from the original b the British Museum. PERICLES. 21 people had been taught for ages to respect and to venerate. He also attackedCimon, and caused him to be banished by the ostracism. Thucydides also,who had succeeded Cimon on his banishment, shared the same fate, and Peri-cles remained for fifteen years the sole minister, and, as it may be said, theabsolute sovereign of a republic which always showed itself so jealous of itsliberties, and which distrusted so much the honesty of her magistrates. Inhis ministerial capacity, Pericles did not enrich himself, but the prosperity ofAthens was the object of his administration. He made war against the Lace-daemonians, and restored the temple of Delphi to the care o
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