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...failings, of the representative men of antiquity. "It must be borne in mind," he says, "that my design is not to write histories, but lives. And the most glorious...exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest examples of virtue or vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs...

...failings, of the representative men of antiquity. "It must be borne in mind," he says, "that my design is not to write histories, but lives. And the most glorious...exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest examples of virtue or vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs...