Contribute to the general good by an interchange of acts of kindness, by giving and receiving, and thus by our skill, our industry, and our talents to cement human society more closely together, man to man. M. Tullius Cicero, De Officiis. Book 1. Section 22.
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| Bound goat 1st - 2nd century CE Roman. Probably a votive offering, perhaps to a deity with a rustic nature, such as Pan, Artemis, or Dionysos. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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