Note 75 — THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS. (continued 2)
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"Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares; sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est." (De Offic., Lib. I. cap. 17.) It is curious to observe how Cicero puts aside that expression of true humanity which fell from Terence, "Humani nihil a me alienum puto." He says, "Est enim difficilis cura rerum alienarum." Ibid., Lib. I. cap. 9.