The world: historical and actual . demoralizing. disregarding the order, she pointed to her sons,saying, These are my jewels. Later, Romeloved to hold Iter up as themodel matron, a worthy com-panion-in-honor of the chasteLucretia and Virginia. Thename of this greatly veneratedmatron was Cornelia. Tiberiusrenewed the agrarian agitation,carrying it much farther thanit had been carried before, andhis brother continued the agita-tion. Alarmed at the growing depopulation of Italy, he COIl- Tiberius Gracchus. ceived the project of raising the condition of the Ro-man commonalty. He was the son of a C

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The world: historical and actual . demoralizing. disregarding the order, she pointed to her sons,saying, These are my jewels. Later, Romeloved to hold Iter up as themodel matron, a worthy com-panion-in-honor of the chasteLucretia and Virginia. Thename of this greatly veneratedmatron was Cornelia. Tiberiusrenewed the agrarian agitation,carrying it much farther thanit had been carried before, andhis brother continued the agita-tion. Alarmed at the growing depopulation of Italy, he COIl- Tiberius Gracchus. ceived the project of raising the condition of the Ro-man commonalty. He was the son of a Consul, andhis mother, Cornelia, was the daughter of the ElderScipio Africanus. Plebeian yet noble was the blood inhis veins. He espoused the cause of the oppressed andthe impoverished. He was the OConnell and Parnellof his day. The aristocracy took alarm, and sparedno effort to thwart his laudable purpose. He was ir-repressible, and no allurements of office could turnhim aside. He tried to revive the Licinian made progress, being electe

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