Note 786 — Chapter LXVIII · SOKRATES. (continued 2)
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These are the striking words of Tacitus (Hist. ii, 54) respecting the last hours of the emperor Otho, after his suicide had been fully resolved upon, but before it had been consummated: an interval spent in the most careful and provident arrangements for the security and welfare of those around him: “ipsum viventem quidem relictum, sed solâ posteritatis curâ, et abruptis vitæ blandimentis.”