The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Honor and noble instinct that once guided nations and men are gone.
- In plain terms
- Old honor and courage are gone.
- What can you take from it?
- Lament the loss of noble spirit.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is honor lost today?
- What spirit do you value?
Another view
New values may replace old honor.
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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
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