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I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation sh

I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind. The Romans, like others, as soon as they grew rich, grew corrupt; and in their corruption sold the lives and freedoms of themselves, and of one another.

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Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

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