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NOTES.
"Omnes homines, qui sese student præstare cæteris animalibus, summâ ope niti decet, nè vitam silentio transeant, veluti pecora; quæ natura prona atque ventri obedientia finxit."[1]
Note 124.Page 393.
Darius, the son of Hytaspes, conquered Babylon. But the son and grandson of this monarch are here meant.
- ↑ This quotation is actually from the beginning of The War with Catilline: "It behooves all men who wish to excel the other animals to strive with might and main not to pass through life unheralded, like the beasts, which Nature has fashioned groveling and slaves to the belly." (Wikisource contributor note)
