Men with even a slight ability to reason ought to show the world that they reward those who excel in those activities for which the country is renowned

Men with even a slight ability to reason ought to show the world that they reward those who excel in those activities for which the country is renowned, and they ought not to envy them nor hold an opinion of them which is the opposite of the esteem in which they are held by the rest. Isocrates. Antidosis. Speech 15. Section 302.

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