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he drank it with an unaltered countenance, and soon after expired, in 

 the 70th year of his age. 



And SO, the man who had been most brave in battle, and whose 

 courage, even in the trying hour of death, never forsook him ; who, 

 though poor, received no salary for his instructions, and accepted not 

 the offers of his disciples ; who had been raised to the rank of a senator, 

 and had presided in the assemblies of the people ; who had snatched 

 Alcibiades from the hand of the enemy, and had saved the life of the 

 youthful Zenophon ; who had lived a life of devotion to his fellow- 

 men, and had sacrificed all worldly pleasures for their good : — this best 

 of men, and wisest of philosophers, was now a sacrifice to a frigid 

 verse-writer, whose jealousy had been kindled by the serpent which 

 dwelt in his own wicked breast. And his good spirit passed away to 

 those bright regions where the souls of good men dwell in righteous- 

 ness ; and where those aspirations, which were their daily food on 

 earth, become living realities, and glories unceasing. 



W. a. COLHUGRIDGE, CITY PRESS, LO.SG LANE, LONDOV. 



