{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But, of the two great Romans of that time, Cato was he\r\nwhose virtue was by far the nearest to the true idea of virtue.\r\nWherefore, let us refer to the opinion of Cato himself, to discover\r\nwhat was the judgment he had formed concerning the\r\ncondition of the state both then and in former times. \"I do\r\nnot think,\" he says, \"that it was by arms that our ancestors\r\nmade the republic great from being small. Had that been the\r\ncase, the republic of our day would have been by far more\r\nflourishing than that of their times, for the number of our\r\nallies and citizens is far greater; and, besides, we possess a\r\nfar greater abundance of armour and of horses than they did.\r\nBut it was other things than these that made them great, and\r\nwe have none of them: industry at home, just government\r\nwithout, a mind free in deliberation, addicted neither to crime\r\nnor to lust. Instead of these, we have luxury and avarice,\r\npoverty in the state, opulence among citizens; we laud riches,\r\nwe follow laziness; there is no difference made between the\r\ngood and the bad; all the rewards of virtue are got possession\r\nof by intrigue. And no wonder, when every individual consults\r\nonly for his own good, when ye are the slaves of pleasure\r\nat home, and, in public affairs, of money and favour, no wonder\r\nthat an onslaught is made upon the unprotected republic.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_202_202\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_202_202\">[202]</a></p>","headings":["THE WORKS OF AURELIUS AUGUSTINE,","BOOK FIFTH.","ARGUMENT."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45304-paragraph-379"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"974408490ae64b80e2c3c1de16374234fded02edc6d60fa02398208e49f50346","edition_title":"The City of God, Volume I","edition_translators":["Marcus Dods","George Wilson (Book IV)","J. J. Smith (Books V-VIII)"],"edition_year":1871,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45304-Footnote_202_202","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Original transcription title leaves state T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1871; printed translator allocation retained. Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_202_202","source_ebook":45304,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_202_202\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_202_202\"><span class=\"label\">[202]</span></a> Sallust, <i>in Cat.</i> c. 52.</p></div>","source_sha256":"d89e9a2b80bb59f394f0fb1bf313b39fab162f06af6642166d62c5912c1195f1","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45304/pg45304-images.html#Footnote_202_202","text_sha256":"b0f2bfa7d418c7de37b4f659790d7fba55fe24ba5381f2ab3098c4861d16171e","verified":false,"work_id":null}