122         FUNERAL   SPEECH   OF  PERICLES.

II.      But Instead of listening to him I would have you day by B.C. 431.

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united in     ,jay fix your eyes upon the greatness of Athens, until

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but their     you becomc filled with the love of her; and when you

fepSrate      are Impressed by the spectacle of her glory, reflect that

Their^s?   ^^^ empire has been acquired by men who knew their

puichre is    (j^^y and had the courage to do It, who in the hour of

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brance of coufllct had the fear of dishonour always present to them,
hearts of and who, If ever they failed in an enterprize, would not
Sw\eir°^' allow their virtues to be lost to their country, but
example     freely gave their lives to her as the fairest offering which

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fear: it is they could present at her feast. The sacrifice which
perous, not they collectivcly made was individually repaid to them;
tunate^°who ^^^ they rcccIved again each one for himself a praise
should be   ^ylilch grows uot old, and the noblest of all sepulchres—^

reckless.                      °                              '                                             .                      .

I Speak not of that in which their remains are laid, but
of that in which their glory survives, and is proclaimed
always and on every fitting occasion both in word and
deed. (For the whole earth is the sepulchre of famous
men; not only are they commemorated by columns and
inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands
there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven
not on stone but in the hearts of men. Make them your
examples, and. esteeming courage to be freedom and
freedom to be happiness^ do not weigh too nicely the
perils of war. "*) The unfortunate who has no hope of a
change for the better has less reason to throw away his
life than the prosperous who, if he survive, is always liable
to a change for the worse, and to whom any accidental
fall makes the most serious difference. To a man of
spirit, cowardice and disaster coming together are far
more bitter than death striking him unperceived at a
time when he is full of courage and animated by the
general hope.
44.          ' Wherefore I do not now commiserate the parents of

The parents the dead who Stand here ; I would rather comfort them.

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are to be You kuow that your hie has been passed amid manifold
rat^er'^than vicissitudes; and that they ma}^ be deemed fortunate
pitied.        ^^,|^Q have gained most honour, whether an honourable