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But time is rolling on ten years have elapsed since King Otho first stepped on the Hellenic soil the heroes of the war are sinking into the grave Miaulis, the best of the brave Zaimi, the sagacious timid Moreote noble Kolocotroni, the sturdy strewd old klephtic chieftain; these three representatives and leaders of numerous classes of their countrymen, now sleep in an honoured grave, and their followers no longer form a majority in the land.
Their honesty has been generally considered more questionable than their courage; for though the names of Miaulis, Kanaris, Marco Botzaris, Niketas, Kolocotroni and Karaiskaki are known to all Europe, the only spotless statesman, in the opinion of the Greeks themselves, is the unknown Kanakaris.
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