Philosophical Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Vol. 4

public ruins upright. "Even if," he says, "all things have conceded to the dominion of one man, let the lands be guarded by legions, the seas by fleets, and let the Caesarian soldier beset the gates; Cato has a way out: with one hand he will make a broad path to liberty; that iron, pure and innocent even in civil war, will at last perform good and noble works; it will grant to Cato the liberty it could not grant to his country. Set to work, my soul, upon the task long meditated; tear yourself away from human affairs. Now Petreius and Juba have met in conflict, and one lies by the other's