 Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. We do not copy our neighbors, but are an example to them. It is true that we are called a democracy; for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the...  College Greek Course in English - Page 56by William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1884 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anna Garlin Spencer - 1923 - 338 pages
...of social provision and control in the school. CHAPTER XV THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER STATE "I SHOCXD like to point out by what principles of action we...what institutions and through what manner of life we became great. We are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many, not... | |
 | Thucydides - 1881 - 742 pages
...war, Hellenic or Barbarian, I will not speak ; for the tale would be long and is familiar to you. But before I praise the dead, I should like to — . point...this numerous assembly of citizens and strangers may ^rpfiJablyJisten to them. --- ' 'Our form of government does not enter into rivalry 37 with the institutions... | |
 | Thucydides - 1881 - 758 pages
...war, Hellenic or Barbarian, I will not speak ; for the tale would be long and is familiar to you.j But before I praise the dead, I should like to point out by what principles of action we rose a to power, and under what institutions and through what manner of life our empire became great. For... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...war, Hellenic or Barbarian, I will not speak ; for the tale would be long, and is familiar to yon. But before I praise the dead I should like to point out...this numerous assembly of citizens and strangers may reasonably listen to them. Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions... | |
 | Thucydides - 1883 - 732 pages
...war, Hellenic or Barbarian, I will not speak ; for the tale would be long and is familiar to you. But before I praise the dead, I should like to point out by what principles of action we rose l to power, and under what institutions and through what manner of life our empire became great. For... | |
 | John Hill Aughey - 1888 - 688 pages
...and thought was like our own, I wish to quote a few sentences from the oration of Pericles. He says, "Before I praise the dead, I should like to point...what institutions and through what manner of life our nation became great." And in eulogy of the dead, he says, " Their loftiest praise has been already... | |
 | Bernard Bosanquet - 1889 - 220 pages
...Thucydides, who probably heard the speech, has fairly represented the topics and the spirit of it. t " Before I praise the dead, I should like to point out...what institutions and through what manner of life we became great. For I conceive that such thoughts are not unsuited to the occasion, and that this... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1892 - 988 pages
...war, Hellenic or barbarian, I will not speak, for the tale would be long, and is familiar to you. But before I praise the dead, I should like to point out...profitably listen to them. "Our form of government docs not entej into rivalry with the institutions of others. We do not copy our neighbors, but are... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1892 - 1142 pages
...war, Hellenic or barbarian, I will not speak, for the tale would be long, and is familiar to you. But before I praise the dead, I should like to point out...became great. For I conceive that such thoughts are not nnsuited to the occasion, and that this numerous assembly of citizens and strangers may profitably... | |
 | William Warde Fowler - 1893 - 360 pages
...day. I shall quote the passage in full.1 1 Thucydides, ii. 37. I quote from Jowett's translation ; but "Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. We do not copy our neighbours, but are an example to them. It is true that we are called a democracy,... | |
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