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Excerpt from The Life of Cicero, Vol. 1 of 2
It has been the habit of some latter writers, who have left to Cicero his literary honours, to rob him of those which had been accorded to him as a politician. Macaulay, expressing his sqrise at the fecundity of Cicero, and then passing on to the praise of the Philippics as senatorial speeches, says Of him that he seems to have been at the head of the ''i'' minds Of the second order. We cannot judge of the classification without knowing how many of the great men of the world are to be included in the first rank. But Macaulay probably intended to express an opinion that Cicero was inferior be; cause he himself had never dominated others as Marius had done, and Sylla, and Pompey, and Caesar, and Augustus. But what if Cicero was ambitious for the good of others while these men had desired power only for themselves!
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It has been the habit of some latter writers, who have left to Cicero his literary honours, to rob him of those which had been accorded to him as a politician. Macaulay, expressing his sqrise at the fecundity of Cicero, and then passing on to the praise of the Philippics as senatorial speeches, says Of him that he seems to have been at the head of the ''i'' minds Of the second order. We cannot judge of the classification without knowing how many of the great men of the world are to be included in the first rank. But Macaulay probably intended to express an opinion that Cicero was inferior be; cause he himself had never dominated others as Marius had done, and Sylla, and Pompey, and Caesar, and Augustus. But what if Cicero was ambitious for the good of others while these men had desired power only for themselves!
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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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Paperback
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Author
Anthony Trollope
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330453377
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 267
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