io6 Character and Success 



inducement, would betray any cause. Moral cor 

 ruption ate into the whole social and domestic fabric, 

 until, a little more than a century after the death 

 of Alexander, the empire which he had left had 

 become a mere glittering shell, which went down 

 like a house of cards on impact with the Romans: 

 for the Romans, with all their faults, were then a 

 thoroughly manly race a race of strong, virile 

 character. 



Alike for the nation and the individual, the one 

 indispensable requisite is character character that 

 does and dares as well as endures, character that is 

 active in the performance of virtue no less than firm 

 in the refusal to do aught that is vicious or degraded. 



