THE PRICE OF POWER AND THE WORTH OF FAME
Sunday, July 1st.
Yesterday the month dedicated to Juno (Junius, June) by the Romans ended.
To-day we enter on July.
In a Rome this latter month was called Quihe fifth),because the year, which was then divided into only ten parts, began inMarch. When Numa Pompilius divided it into twelve months this name ofQuintiles reserved, as well as those that followed--Sexteles,September, October, November, December--although these designations didnot accord with the newly arranged order of the months. At last, after atime the month Quintiles, in which Julius Caesar was born, was calledJulius, whence we have July. Thus this name, placed in the dar, isbee the imperishable record of a great man; it is an immortal epitaphon Times highway, engraved by the admiration of man.
How many similar inscriptions are there! Seas, tis, mountains,stars, and mos, have all in succession served the same purpose! Wehave turhe whole world into a……（内容加载失败！）
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