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" But of these men there was none that either was made a coward by his wealth, from preferring the continued enjoyment of it; or shrank from danger through a hope suggested by poverty, namely, that he might yet escape it, and grow rich; but conceiving that... "
History of Greece, and of the Greek People, from the Earliest Times to the ... - Page 234
by Victor Duruy - 1889
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The History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides - Greece - 1875 - 688 pages
...collectively, than harm by their 116 THtTCYDIDES. II. individual offensss. But of these men there was nono that either was made a coward by his wealth, from...it ; or shrank from danger through a hope suggested hy poverty, namely, that he might yet escape it, and grow rich ; but conceiving that vengeance on their...
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The Library of Choice Literature: Prose and Poetry Selected from ..., Volume 1

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1881 - 426 pages
...collectively, than harm by their individual offences. But of these men there was ' none that cither was made a coward by his wealth, from preferring the...vengeance on their foes was more to be desired than these objects, and at the same time regarding this as the most glorious of hazards, they wished by...
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volumes 17-18

Confederate States of America - 1889 - 894 pages
...delivered four hundred and thirty years before the birth of the author of the sweet Galilean vision: "But of these men there was none that either was made a...yet escape it, and grow rich ; but conceiving that vengence on their foes was more to be desired than these objects, and at the same time regarding this...
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The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of Universal Authorship ...

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 464 pages
...evil by their good, they did more service collectively, than harm by their individual offences. But of these men there was none that either was made a...vengeance on their foes was more to be desired than these objects, and at the same time regarding this as the most glorious of hazards, they wished by...
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A Library of Universal Literature: Greek orators.- v. 2. Roman orators.- v ...

Speeches, addresses, etc - 1900 - 456 pages
...evil by their good, they did more service collectively, than harm by their individual offences. But of these men there was none that either was made a...vengeance on their foes was more to be desired than these objects, and at the same time regarding this as the most glorious of hazards, they wished by...
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Orations: Greek orators

Speeches, addresses, etc - 1900 - 456 pages
...evil bj their good, they did more service collectively, than harm by their individual offences. But of these men there was none that either was made a...vengeance on their foes was more to be desired than these objects, and at the same time regarding this as the most glorious of hazards, they wished by...
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The History of the Peloponnesian War, Volume 1

Thucydides - Greece - 1902 - 326 pages
...evil by their good, they did more service collectively, than harm by their individual offences. But of these men there was none that either was made a...it, and grow rich ; but conceiving that vengeance. _OJl their foes was more to be desirecTthan these objects, and at the same time regarding this as the...
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Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders ..., Volume 1

Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1905 - 456 pages
...evil by their good, they did more service collectively, than harm by their individual offences. But of these men there was none that either was made a...vengeance on their foes was more to be desired than these objects, and at the same time regarding this as the most glorious of hazards, they wished by...
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The World's Famous Orations, Volume 1

William Jennings Bryan - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1906 - 288 pages
...evil by their good, they did more service collectively, than harm by their individual offenses. But of these men there was none that either was made a...vengeance on their foes was more to be desired than these objects, and at the same time regarding this as the most glorious of hazards, they wished by...
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