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that valor by which it was attained. The sepulchers of the dead 

 are in the memories of the living. The whole earth is the tomb of 

 the illustrious. Their virtues are not alone inscribed on perishable 

 stone in their own country, but are written on the eternal tablets of 

 the heart in all lands. Emulate their noble example, account 

 happiness libert\', and liberty valor. Remember that it is not the 

 unfortunate that should be most unsparing of their lives, but the 

 prosperous as well who have most at stake. For to the high- 

 minded death is less grievous than adversity. 



III. I'ARAMVTHIA — CH. 44-46. 



CIi. 44. To the parents of the departed, I do not offer condo- 

 lence but consolation, for as theirs was the noblest death, so yours 

 is the noblest sorrow. Yet it is difficult to comfort those who have 

 learned by experience to prize the blessings the}' have lost. To 

 those of 3^ou who are young comes the hope of other offspring with 

 which to bury your sorrow and enrich the state. To the old is 

 offered the remembrance of past happiness and the lustre given to 

 the remainder of their lives by the glor}' attained by their children. 

 For honor never grows old. In the declining years of life, it is not 

 so much gain that gladdens, as honor and respect. 



C/t. -/J. To you, the sons and brothers of the slain, belongs the 

 contest of emulation. For no one refuses justice to departed merit, 

 and though you surpass them you will not be thought equal. The 

 envy of competition ceases only with the death of its object 

 whereas the merit which obstructs no one is honored with a zeal 

 unmixed with jealous rivalr}'. To the widows, let me say, it will 

 be your greatest glory to guard the virtue of your sex and to 

 become the theme of conversation among men as little as possible. 



C/i. 46. The tribute of words has now been offered to the dead. 

 The tribute of deeds is this public fimeral, and the maintainance 

 and education of their children at the country's expense will be a 

 just and liberal reward. Where the rewards of virtue are the most 

 liberal, there are found the best citizens. And now let each of you 

 take a sad farewell of the deceased and depart in peace. 



The Kelatioii wlii«'h our Wpeeoli WiiMtaiiis to the I9i?<t4»r.v of Thue.^dides 

 and to the Oration Aetiially l>elivered by the Orator l*eriele«. 



Technicall}' speaking the funeral oration of Thucj'dides here put 

 into the mouth of Pericles is the only example of the epideictic 

 class in the history of Thucydides. 



Since we have it from Thucydides himself, that he had, from the 

 commencement of the war, formed the purpose of writing its 



