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Who having planned, with consummate wisdom, a system of laws firmly 

 secured against every encroachment of corruption ; and having, by the expul- 

 sion of riches, banished luxury, avarice, and intemperance ; established in the 

 state for many ages, perfect liberty and inviolable purity of manners. — The 

 Father of his Country. 



UNDER SOCRATES. 



Qui corruptissima in civitate innocens, 

 Bonorum hortator, unici cultor Dei, 

 Ab inutili otio, & vanis disputationibus 

 Ad officia vitae, & societatis commoda 

 Philosophiam avocavit, 

 Hominum sapientissimus. 



Who innocent in the midst of a most corrupted people ; the encourager of 

 the good ; a worshipper of the one God ; from useless speculations, and vain 

 disputes, restored Philosophy to the duties of life, and the benefit of Society. — 

 The wisest of men. 



UNDER HOMER. 



Qui poetaruni primus, idem & maximus, 

 Virtutis praeco, & immortalitatis largitor, 

 Divino carmine 

 Ad pulchre audendum, & patiendum fortiter, 

 Omnibus notus gentibus, omnes incitat. 



The first and greatest of Poets ; the herald of virtue ; the giver of immor- 

 tality ; who, by his divine genius known to all nations, incites all, nobly to dare, 

 and to suffer firmly. 



UNDER EPAMINONDAS. 



Cujus a virtute, prudentia, verecundia, 

 Thebanorum respublica 

 Libertatem simul & imperium, 

 Disciplinam bellicam, civilem & domesticam 

 Accepit ; 

 Eoque amisso, perdidit. 



By whose valour, prudence, and modesty, the Theban commonwealth 

 gained liberty and empire, military discipline, civil and domestic policy; all 

 which, by losing him, she lost. 



