Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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[Footnote 384: Men of the right Cæsarian pattern. Men versatile as was Julius Cæsar, the Roman, famous as a general, statesman, orator, and writer.] [Footnote 385: Timid maxim. Why does Emerson term this saying "timid"?] [Footnote 386: Lord Falkland. Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland, was an English politician who espoused the royalist side; he was killed in battle in the Civil War.] [Footnote 387: Saladin. A famous sultan of Egypt and Syria who lived in the twelfth century. Scott describes him as possessing an ideal knightly character and introduces him, disguised as a physician and also as a wandering soldier in his historical romance, _The Talisman_.] [Footnote 388: Sapor. A Persian monarch of the fourth century who defeated the Romans in battle.] [Footnote 389: The Cid. See "Rodrigo," in _Heroism_, 313.] [Footnote 390: Julius Cæsar. See note on "Cæsarian," 384.] [Footnote 391: Scipio. (See note 205.)] [Footnote 392: Alexander. Alexander, King of Macedon, surnamed the Great. In the fourth century before Christ he made himself master of the known world.] |
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