Joseph Addison on Veterans Day
1672–1719 England
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'Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul:
I think the Romans call it Stoicism.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
My voice is still for war.
Gods! Can a Roman senate long debate
Which of the two to choose, slavery or death?
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to save our country!
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country. This generous and public-spirited Passion has been observed of late Years to languish and grow cold in this our Island; where a Party of Men have made it their Business to represent it as chimerical and romantic, to destroy in the Minds of the People the Sense of national Glory, and to turn into Ridicule our natural and ancient Allies, who are united to us by the common interests both of Religion and Policy.
The free-holder: or political essays (1716)
O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate,
And not the wonders of thy youth relate;
How can I see the gay, the brave, the young,
Fall in the cloud of war, and lie unsung!
In joys of conquest he resigns his breath,
And, filled with England's glory, smiles in death.
The Campaign (1704)
Courage that grows from constitution very often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it, and when it is only a kind of instinct in the Soul breaks out on all occasions without judgment or discretion. That courage which proceeds from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.
The Guardian (1713)