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Excerpt from Cato: A Tragedy; As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants
I have not yet fo Why do'ft thou calt out fach Againft the Lords and Sov'reigns of Dolt thog'n'ot l'e'e Mankind fall down before 'em, own the Force' of their Superior rvirtue 2 Is there a N Amidli our r That does 11 ods! Where's the Worth that fets thi's peopl'_do they with tougher Sinewsbend'the Bow? Or?ies the Javelin fwifter to Its Mark, Launch'd from the Vigour of a Roman Arm P Who like our/active ?frz'mtz infirueis The fiery Steed, and trains him to his Hand? Or \guide's in Troops th' embattled Elephant, Loaden with War? Thele, thefe are Arts; my Prince; In which your Zema does not lid/op to Reme. Hefe all are Virtues of a meaner Rank, s'that'are placedein Bones and Nerves.' A Roman Soul is bent on higher View To ciwlize the rude unpoliih'd World, And lay it under the Refiraint of Laws 5 To make Man mild and fociable to man; to cultivate the wild licentious Savage With Wifdom, Difcipline, and lib'ralartsg Th' Embellilhments of'life: Virtues like thefe Make Human Nature thine, reform the Soul, And break our fiercebarbaeians into Men. Sjpb. Patience'kindi - Ieav'ns 1 What are thefe wond'rous civil izing Arts, This Roman Polilh, and this fmooth Behawour, That render Man thusxtraetable and tame?
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