Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 65
statesmans duty to make his very death,if possible, an act of service to the state, and even inthe end of his life to give some example of virtue andeffect some useful purpose. Nor was he deceived inhis expectations, for the city of Lacedaemon continuedthe chief city of all Greece for the space of… … ALEXANDER THE GREAT By JOHN H. GURNEY. *A LEXANDERmay well stand at thehead of the WorldsHeroes and might servefor their type. Fighting,in his eyes, was the businessof life, and glory and con-quest meant the same thing.Plutarch has made us fa-miliar with the stories ofhis boyhood, — how hewould…
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