 | Thucydides - 1883 - 732 Seiten
...When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. When they do not cany out an intention which they have formed, they seem to have sustained a personal... | |
 | William Dillon - 1888 - 328 Seiten
...individual instead of to a nation ; but I prefer to allow the reader to do this for himself: — " Their bodies they devote to their country, as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. . . . With them alone to hope is to have, for they lose not a moment in the execution of an idea. This... | |
 | Evelyn Abbott - 1891 - 494 Seiten
...When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. When they do not carry out an intention which they have formed, they seem to have sustained a personal... | |
 | Evelyn Abbott - 1891 - 484 Seiten
...When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. When they do not carry out an intention which they have formed, they seem to have sustained a personal... | |
 | James Richard Joy - 1892 - 448 Seiten
...always at home. For they hope to gain something by the venture ; you fear to risk what you have already. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. With them alone to hope is to have, for they lose no time in the execution of an idea. To do their... | |
 | Samuel Henry Butcher - 1893 - 348 Seiten
...freedom. He would restore the old ideal of Athenian character which we read of in Thucydides : 3 " Their bodies they devote to their country, as though...most truly their own when employed in her service." 1 Dem. Phil. i. 7, iav v/jiuv atiruiv e'0eXijffijre yeviffffai. So Olynth. ii. 30. - Arist. Pol. v.... | |
 | Henry Osborn Taylor - 1896 - 484 Seiten
...in the law-courts and political assemblies, in the gymnasia, and later in the schools of philosophy. bodies they devote to their country as though they...most truly their own when employed in her service. " ' Love of the state is the most enlightened love of self. " I would have you day by day fix your... | |
 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1896 - 298 Seiten
...When conquerors, they pursue their victory to the utmost ; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though they belonged to other men ; f their true self is their mind, which is most truly their own when employed in her service. yWhen... | |
 | James Richard Joy - 1900 - 326 Seiten
...always at home. For they hope to gain something by the venture ; you fear to risk what you have already. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. With them alone to hope is to have, for they lose no time in the execution of an idea. To do their... | |
 | Edward Capps - 1901 - 512 Seiten
...When conquerors they pursue their victories to the utmost; when defeated, they fall back the least. Their bodies they devote to their country as though...most truly their own when employed in her service. When they do not carry out an intention which they have formed, they seem to themselves to have sustained... | |
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Their bodies they devote to their country as though they belonged to other men ; their true self is their mind, which is most truly their own when employed in her service. 
