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IlnXjf xai Ilarpij, ug jxsv Avrwvjvcj fxoi >) PwfA*j, wg ^s Av^pwifw,

KotffAof. M.A. Antoninus,

Wvx^S ayo^*)? Ilarpjj o SufAifaj Kofl'fxof . Democritus,

Ti yap etfTiv Av^^w-jroj; /xspoj iroXew^, tijs fisyaXtj^ xai rrs

fjwxpaf. Epictetus.

Socrates did not style himself an Athenian or a Grecian, but a Cosmian, that is, a citizen of the world. Plutarch.

Unus interitus est hominis et jumentorum, aequa utrius- que conditio. Ecclesiastes.

Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. Terence.

Spiritus intus alit, et magno se corpore miscet. Virgil.

Virtus est nihil aliud quam in se perfecta, et ad summum perduct a Natura. Cicero.

De nihilo nil, in nihilum nil posse reverti. Persius.

Non sibi, sed toto genitum se credere mundo. Lucan.

The whole World is man's country, and humanity never wants materials. Seneca,

The suppressor of a useful truth, is as guilty as the pro- pagator of an injurious falsehood. St. Augustine.

Nature is made better by no mean,

But Nature makes that mean;—

Art does mend Nature, change it rather;

But the art itself is Nature. Shakespeare,

All are but parts of one stupendous whole,

Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. Pope.

Art is only Nature acting with the tools that she has made. D'Holback.

The greatest good, of the greatest number, for the greatest length of time. Bentham.

My country is the World, my religion is to do good. Paine.

Action and reaction are equal in the moral as in the na- tural world. Clarkson.

Le triomphe de la lumiere sera toujours favorable a la grandeur et a I'amelioration de l'espece humaine. Mme de Stael.

Nulle erreur ne peut etre utile, comme nuUe verite ne peut nuire. ' De Maistre.

Il n'y a dans la Nature ni nobles, ni parias; ni maitres ni esclaves; ni Francais, ni Allemands,ni Anglais: il y a des hommes! Notre ame embrasse le monde, et s'elance encore au-dela. L. Aime-Martin.