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in the side, she proved that Cato's daughter, "the woman whom Lord 

 Brutus took to wife," could suffer and be silent. 



Babylon, the seat of luxury, Athens, the seat of art, Rome, the 

 seat of discipline, are all cities of the past. 



The site of Babylon is a scene of utter desolation, strikingly fulfill- 

 ing the Old Testament prophecies. Athens has become a city of the 

 present, inhabited by people of every country and of every clime. 

 Borne, stern, haughty Borne, has been seduced by Italian beauty of 

 sky and landscape till she has lost her ruggedness, and only the crum- 

 bling ruins remain to tell of the city that was. 



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