The Value of Friendship (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Jebb, R. C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331635691 ISBN 13: 9781331635697

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2016

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Still more noteworthy, if possible, is the story of the Sacred Band of Thebans, a company of one hundred and fifty pair of friends. Two by two in a bond of sacred friendship these sol diers enlisted for a life-and-death struggle to gether; and such heroes they were, through being such friends, that their band was never overborne in conflict until the great battle of Chaeronea; and then they all stood and fell together, 'faithful unto death.' When Philip of Macedon looked down upon those three hundred hero-friends, dead in their armour, heaped one upon another, having met the spears of the phalanx face to face,' he marvelled at the sight; and learning that it was the Band of Friends, he burst into tears, and said, Perish those who would suspect these men of doing or abetting anything base!

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To a Friend

Long was my spirit like some lonely reef
In gray, unvisited oceans, where the Sea,
Relentless, drove its salt waves over me,
A cold, monotonous surf of unbelief;
But ere I hardened into hopeless grief,
Thou earnest, bringing love, faith, sympathy;
I found myself and God in finding thee,
And my long dream of doubt looked void and brief.
Then was my soul, with her new glory dazed,
Like that green island among tropic seas
When the strange sail approached the wondering shore,
And startled eyes beheld the cross upraised,
While the great Spaniard sank upon his knees,
And the Te Deum shook San Salvador!

Frederic Lawrence Knowles

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1331635691
• ISBN 13: 9781331635697
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128