Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.

“Think of it. Fifteen whole years-no small part of a mans life.-taken from us-al…”

“It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say …”

“So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whate…”

“Battles against Rome have been lost and won before, but hope was never abandone…”