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Ubi ... Nullos habitura triumphos. In the next place. And, whoever would endeavour to like or dislike, by the Rules of others; he will be as unsuccessful, as if he should try to be persuaded into a power of believing, not what he must, but what others direct him to believe.
What madness was this, my countrymen, what fierce orgy of slaughter... to give to hated nations the spectacle of Roman bloodshed? and: Bella geri placuit, nullos habitura triumphos. It was decided to wage wars that could win no triumphs. If they were taking up the cause of protecting liberty or defending the republic, they would be able to offer morally acceptable excuse for fighting.
"Cumque superba foret Babylon spolianda tropæis, Bella geri placuit nullos habitura triumphos." In the Palatinate, a Calvinistic prince persecuted the Lutherans. In Saxony, a Lutheran prince persecuted the Calvinists. Everybody who objected to any of the articles of the Confession of Augsburg was banished from Sweden.
"Cumque superba foret BABYLON spolianda tropaeis, Bella geri placuit nullos habitura triumphos." In the Palatinate, a Calvinistic prince persecuted the Lutherans. In Saxony, a Lutheran prince persecuted the Calvinists. Everybody who objected to any of the articles of the Confession of Augsburg was banished from Sweden.
At least, the words which follow in my Dramatic Essay will plead somewhat in my behalf. But I have said too much in the Defence of Verse. For, after all, 'tis a very indifferent thing to me, whether it obtain or not. The corruption of a Poet is the generation of a Statesman. Ubi ... nullos habitura triumphos.
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