Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 74
ghall its chapters to the end. Ours must be a shortertale, for he has had eulogists enough already; and totrace all his marches, and number up all his victims,would be little to our purpose. Starting from Ecbatana, the modern Ispahan, andreceiving on his way the news of the assassination ofDarius,… … To Bear His Standard Onward. 52 Leaders of Men where in ancient story, and taking a modern map forour guide, we track his course eastward across Khoras-san as far as Herat, then southward almost to the LakeZurrah in Afghanistan, then, following the course ofthe river Helmund, to Kandahar and Cabul.…
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