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Excerpt from The March of Hannibal From the Rhone to the Alps
World, which she was allowed to fashion after her own taste; and, as we are not disposed to object to our language, our literature, or our laws, the greater portion of which we have derived from her, we may be presumed to be satisfied with the course she adopted. What effect might have been produced upon our domestic habits and political institutions, had the Carthaginian triumphed, cannot be conjectured; but it is very certain, if the des tinies of the world had been so reversed, we should not, in every sentence we utter, find words of Roman origin. Under these cir cumstances the Carthaginian expedition into Italy acquires an importance independent of the interest excited by the novelty, hardihood and conduct of the enterprise. Their march upon Rome 18 not only the most remarkable feature in one of the most remarkable wars ever waged, bellum maxime omnium memorabile quae unquam gesta sint, but, in tracing their steps, we feel as if we were ap proaching the crisis of our own destinies; and while we acknowledge the courage and genius of the African general, it is on the side of Rome, the common parent of all Europe, that We lean with a feeling of filial anxiety. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
