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accurate_o collect_v by_o philosopher_n he_o want_v copiousness_n of_o language_n he_o want_v not_o now_o h_z death_n for_o their_o country_n embrace_v with_o eminent_a resolution_n be_v wont_a to_o seem_v not_o only_o glorious_a to_o rhetorician_n but_o also_o bless_v they_o go_v back_o as_o far_o as_o erechtheus_n who_o very_a daughter_n be_v zealous_a to_o die_v to_o save_v the_o live_v of_o their_o citizen_n descend_v to_o codrus_n who_o charge_v up_o to_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o enemy_n in_o the_o disguise_n of_o a_o servant_n lest_z if_o he_o have_v wear_v his_o royal_a robe_n he_o may_v have_v be_v discover_v because_o the_o oracle_n have_v foretell_v that_o athens_n shall_v bear_v away_o the_o victory_n if_o their_o king_n be_v slay_v nor_o be_v menaeceus_n pass_v in_o silence_n who_o upon_o a_o like_a prediction_n sacrifice_v his_o life_n for_o his_o country_n iphigenia_n at_o aulis_n bid_v they_o lead_v she_o up_o to_o the_o altar_n that_o so_o the_o enemy_n blood_n may_v 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to_o make_v a_o solemn_a commemoration-speech_n at_o the_o tomb_n of_o those_o who_o have_v die_v champion_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o greece_n as_o at_o marathon_n against_o darius_n and_o elsewhere_o here_o the_o orator_n strain_v all_o the_o power_n of_o their_o eloquence_n by_o extol_v the_o bravery_n of_o those_o warrior_n to_o incite_v their_o auditor_n to_o gallant_a resolution_n in_o like_a honourable_a undertake_n tully_n so_o word_n this_o sentence_n as_o if_o the_o rhetorician_n affect_v praise_n of_o their_o own_o wit_n in_o the_o commendation_n of_o the_o other_o valour_n intimate_v also_o that_o they_o carry_v it_o too_o far_o when_o they_o go_v about_o to_o persuade_v that_o there_o be_v happiness_n in_o lose_v life_n upon_o such_o account_n he_o have_v prove_v above_o that_o as_o death_n shall_v not_o be_v terrible_a when_o the_o circumstance_n require_v it_o so_o neither_o be_v it_o amiable_a it_o suffice_v to_o our_o reward_n that_o we_o cheerful_o submit_v to_o the_o 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cause_n produce_v contrary_a effect_n in_o this_o place_n i_o inquire_v what_o import_v that_o balance_n of_o critolaus_n who_o have_v cast_v the_o good_n of_o the_o mind_n into_o one_o scale_n those_o of_o the_o body_n and_o fortune_n into_o the_o other_o think_v that_o the_o scale_n of_o former_a good_a do_v so_o far_o outweigh_v that_o it_o will_v fetch_v up_o sea_n and_o land_n if_o it_o be_v throw_v in_o to_o the_o opposite_a towards_o make_v even_o weight_n a_o under_o our_o conduct_n spartas_n pride_n be_v shave_v part_v of_o the_o epitaph_n on_o epaminondas_n who_o have_v overrun_v sparta_n for_o five_o hundred_o year_n untouched_a as_o a_o virgin_n lead_v into_o captivity_n and_o shave_v for_o bondage_n he_o people_v messina_n with_o a_o colony_n fortify_v thebes_n and_o leave_v greece_n in_o full_a freedom_n sect_n xviii_o the_o same_o be_v also_o maintain_v by_o the_o more_o resolute_a peripatetic_n what_o then_o debar_v either_o he_o or_o xenocrates_n also_o the_o grave_a 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