Note 18 — Webster, Noah. An Examination into the leading principles of the Federal Constitution. By a Citizen of America
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Auguriis certe sacerdotisque augurum tantus honos accessit, ut nihil belli domique postea, nisi auspicato, gereretur: concilia populi, exercitus vocati, summa rerum, ubi aves non admisissent, dirimerentur. Liv. lib. 1. cap. 37.