Note 161 — Chapter XII · THE LAW FOR HUMANITY.
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‘Hercules nihil sibi vicit: orbem terrarum transiit non concupiscendo sed vindicando, quid vinceret; malorum hostis, bonorum vindex, terrarum marisque pacator’ Sen. Ben. i 13, 3. See also the brilliant descriptions in Epict. Disc. iii 24.