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'AEsopo ingentem statuam posuere Attici, Servumque collocarunt AEterna in Basi, Patere honoris scirent ut Cuncti viam. Phaed. The Reception, manner of Attendance, undisturbed Freedom and Quiet, which I meet with here in the Country, has confirm'd me in the Opinion I always had, that the general Corruption of Manners in Servants is owing to the Conduct of Masters.
AEsopo ingentem statuam posuere Attici, Servumque collocarunt oeterna in basi, Patere honoris scirent ut cunctis viam. PHAED. Epilog. 1. 2. The Athenians erected a large statue to AEsop, and placed him, though a slave, on a lasting pedestal; to show, that the way to honour lies open indifferently to all.
These were the two lines in which that glory of the sublime, so stirring to my childish sense, seemed to burn as in some mighty pharos: "Aesopo statuam ingentem posuere Attici; Servumque collocarunt eterna in basi:" A colossal statue did the Athenians raise to Aesop; and a poor pariah slave they planted upon an everlasting pedestal.
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