...for : it is rather they to whoin 126 continued life may bring reverses as yet unknown, and to CHAP. whom a fall, if it came, would be most tremendous in its con- • . — — sequences. And surely, to a man of spirit, the degradation B>c< '' of his being...

...their walour, but they laid it at her feet as the most glorious contribution that they could offer. For this offering of their lives made in common by them...would be most tremendous in its consequences. < And CHAP surely, to a man of spirit, the degradation of cowardice ^ VI- ' must be immeasurably more grievous...

...glory is laid up to be eternally remembered upon every occasion on which deed or story shall calLf.or_ its commemoration. For heroes have the whole earth...would be most tremendous in its consequences. And CHAP surely, to a man of spirit, the degradation of cowardice V L must be immeasurably more grievous...

...spirit, or poverty with its hope of a day of freedom and riches to tempt him to shrink from danger . . . For it is not the miserable that would most justly...came, would be most tremendous in its consequences. Pheidias, like his Early Classical predecessors, perhaps at times knew the old doubt as well as conf1dence,...

...fruit of freedom and freedom of courage, never decline the dangers of war. For it is not the worthless that would most justly be unsparing of their lives;...degradation of cowardice must be immeasurably more painful than the unfelt death which strikes him in the midst of his strength and patriotism! 44. Comfort,...