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horace-works_60		horace-works_60			.txt	text/plain	265	12	69	ODES III. ODE II. AGAINST THE DEGENERACY OF THE ROMAN YOUTH Let the robust youth learn patiently to endure pinching want in the active exercise of arms; and as an expert horseman, dreadful for his spear, let him harass the fierce Parthians; and let him lead a life exposed to the open air, and familiar with dangers. It is sweet and glorious to die for one 's country; death even pursues the man that flies from him; nor does he spare the trembling knees of effeminate youth, nor the coward back. Virtue, unknowing of base repulse, shines with immaculate honors; nor does she assume nor lay aside the ensigns of her dignity, at the veering of the popular air. Virtue, throwing open heaven to those who deserve not to die, directs her progress through paths of difficulty, and spurns with a rapid wing grovelling cowards and the slippery earth.	./cache/horace-works_60.txt	./txt/horace-works_60.txt