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Excerpt from Four Lectures Upon Recent Events in Italy: Delivered in the New-York University, March, 1851
Sigma stigmatizes the Republican soldiers as Roman hire lings. He does not seem to know that the meaning of the word soldier is one who receives his solde, ''br pay; all soldiers who receive their pay, are hired. Many of the Republican soldiers not only maintained themselves, but equipped and maintained some of their less wealthy companions. Some received only their rations; some, having no means of their own, were obliged to accept their pay. If these troops can be styled hirelings, at any rate, since they fought for a principle, they were principled hirelings; whereas, the despotic soldiery, fighting for simple pay, and without any regard to principles, must, by the same rule, be unprincipled hirelings.
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Sigma stigmatizes the Republican soldiers as Roman hire lings. He does not seem to know that the meaning of the word soldier is one who receives his solde, ''br pay; all soldiers who receive their pay, are hired. Many of the Republican soldiers not only maintained themselves, but equipped and maintained some of their less wealthy companions. Some received only their rations; some, having no means of their own, were obliged to accept their pay. If these troops can be styled hirelings, at any rate, since they fought for a principle, they were principled hirelings; whereas, the despotic soldiery, fighting for simple pay, and without any regard to principles, must, by the same rule, be unprincipled hirelings.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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H. Forbes
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ISBN - 9780267823048
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Page Count - 175
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