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 552 CAIUS GRACCHUS. who so thought, were themselves more truly insensible, not to see how much a noble nature and education avail to conquer any affliction ; and though fortune may often be more successful, and may defeat the efforts of virtue to avert misfortunes, it cannot, when we incur them, pre- vent our bearing them reasonably.