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01c. 1769 AD

In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.

Beilby Porteus / quote

02c. 1769 AD

One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

Beilby Porteus / quote

03c. 1769 AD

War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.

Beilby Porteus / quote

04c. 1769 AD

Teach him how to live, And, oh still harder lesson! how to die.

Beilby Porteus / quote

05c. 1769 AD

Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

Beilby Porteus / quote