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Historical Parallels, vol. 1 (of 3)

Note 95 — Chapter III

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In the celebrated interview between Solon and Crœsus, the sage first offended the king by questioning the power of wealth to produce happiness, and concluded by reading him a long moral lesson, to the purport, that since no man knew what the morrow might produce, no man could be called happy until present prosperity was crowned by a happy death.

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