23. But what so contrary to nature as to injure
another for our own benefit? The natural feelings of our own
hearts urge us to keep on the watch for all, to undergo trouble, to do
work for all. It is considered also a glorious thing for each one
at risk to himself to seek the quiet of all, and to think it far more
thankworthy to have saved his country from destruction than to have
kept danger from himself. We must think it a far more noble thing
to labour for our country than to pass a quiet life at ease in the full
enjoyment of leisure.