Note 9 — THE CULPRIT.
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Footnote 9
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The sentiment of Lucretius—
Suave etiam Martis certamina magna tueri Per campos instructa, tuo fine parte percli. Sweet to behold the Martial Contest spread Wide o'er the Plains, without thy share of Ill.
But the Philosophic Poet accounts for it by the heightened sense of safety; and not on the principle of Malevolence.