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发帖数: 759 | 1 CHAP. 5.--OF THE FRATRICIDAL ACT OF THE FOUNDER OF THE
EARTHLY CITY, AND THE CORRESPONDING CRIME OF THE
FOUNDER OF ROME.
Thus the founder of the earthly city was a fratricide.
Overcome with envy, he slew his own brother, a citizen of
the eternal city, and a sojourner on earth. So that
we cannot be surprised that this first specimen, or, as the
Greeks say, archetype of crime, should, long afterwards,
find a corresponding crime at the foundation
of that city which was destined to reign over so man |
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