"[T]he British Cassius, fearless bled; Of high determined spirit, roughly brave, By ancient learning to the enlighten'd love Of ancient freedom warmed."
— Algernon Sidney

January 1, 1970

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James Thomson, The Seasons, quoted in James Thomson, Poetical Works, ed. J. Logie Robertson (1908), p. 109