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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TABLE TALK. A. '/'OU told me, I remember, glory built JL On selfish principles, is shame and guilt. The deeds that men admire as half divine, Stark naught, because corrupt in their design. Strange doctrine this I that without scruple tears The laurel that the very lightning spares, Brings down the warrior's trophy to the dust, And eats into his bloody sword like rust. B. I grant, that men continuing what they are, Fierce, avaricious, proud, there must be war, And never meant the rule should be applied To him that fights with justice on his side. And when recording history displays Feats of renown, though wrought in ancient days, Tells of a few stout hearts that fought and died Where duty placed them, at their country's side, The man that is not moved with what he reads, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds, Unworthy of the blessings of the brave, Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch to nought but his ambition true, Who for the sake of filling with one blast The post-horns of all Europe, lays her waste. A. 'Tis your belief the world was made for man, Kings do but reason on the selfsame plan, Maintaining yours, you cannot their's condemn, Who think, or seem to think, man made for them. B. Seldom, alas the power of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains. Such reasoning falls like an inverted couo, Wanting its proper base to stand upon. Man made for kings j those optics are but dim That tell you sosay rather, they for him. Oh bright occasions of dispensing good, How seldom used, how little understood To pour in virtue's lap her just reward, Keep vice restrain'd behind a double guard; To quell the faction that affronts the throne, By silent magnanimity alone; To nurse with tender care the thr...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217784207 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217784208 |
| Weight | 0.99 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.68 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 302 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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