It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen... Ideals in Greek Literature - Page 213by William Cranston Lawton - 1905 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
| Anna Garlin Spencer - Families - 1923 - 338 pages
...few ; but while the law secures equal justice to all, the r-lgim of excellence is always recognized. When a citizen is in any way distinguished he is preferred...as a matter of privilege but as a reward of merit. Xeither is poverty a bar, but a man may benefit his country whatever be the obscurity of his position.... | |
| Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Benjamin Dean Meritt, Tenney Frank, Harold Fredrik Cherniss, Henry Thompson Rowell - Classical philology - 1900 - 526 pages
...administration is in the hands of the many, and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of...public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit.' In other words, democracy means equal opportunities and equal rights. This ¡s... | |
| Thucydides - Greece - 1881 - 742 pages
...any way distinguished, he is preferred ness, our • Reading Il8 FUNERAL SPEECH OF PERICLES. . II. to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as 8.0.451 private the reward of merit. e Neither is poverty a bar. but a ''87'J from sus- . J picion... | |
| William Pittenger - Oratory - 1883 - 290 pages
...administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of...public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit. Neither is poverty a bar, but a man may benefit his country whatever be the obscurity... | |
| Thucydides - Greece - 1883 - 732 pages
...match for tbo Peloponnesians united ; though we have no secrets and undergo no laborious training. to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit. Neither is poverty a bar, but a man may benefit his country whatever be the obscurity... | |
| Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognised ; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service,... | |
| William Cleaver Wilkinson - Greek literature - 1884 - 344 pages
...administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of...public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit. Neither is poverty a bar, but a man may benefit his country whatever be the obscurity... | |
| George Park Fisher - World history - 1885 - 790 pages
...administration is in the hands of the many, and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes the claim of excellence...public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit. Neither is poverty a bar ; but a man may benefit his country, whatever be the... | |
| George Park Fisher - World history - 1885 - 810 pages
...administration is in the hands of the many, and not of the few. I'm white the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of...distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as .* matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit. Neither is poverty a bar; but a man may benefit... | |
| George Park Fisher - World history - 1885 - 788 pages
...administr.it ion is in the hands of the many, and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citi/cn is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege,... | |
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