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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.

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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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