Vol. 1 (of 4) by Thomas Babington Macaulay]@TWC D-Link book Vol. 1 (of 4) 85/219 8.) got up before me. Nicias, poor honest man, might just as well have sate still; his speaking did but little good. The loss of your oration is, doubtless, an irreparable public calamity. Why, not so; I intend to introduce it at the next assembly; it will suit any subject. That is to say, it will suit none. |