The wild beasts that dwell in Italy have their homes, with each having a lair and a hiding place, but the men who fight and die on behalf of Italy have a share of air and light – and nothing else. Without houses or homes they wander aimlessly with their children and wives, and their generals deceive them when they urge the soldiers on the battlefield to drive off the enemy to protect their tombs and temples; not one of these Romans has a family altar, not one an ancestral tomb; instead, they fight and die to protect the luxury and wealth of others. They are called masters of the earth yet have
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