Athens in the days of Pericles had but thirty thousand people and few mechanical inventions; but she produced philosophers, poets and artists, whose work after more than twenty centuries still remain the despair of the would-be imitators.
Beck highlights the cultural achievements of ancient Athens despite its small population.
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They nobly conceived that human society was a single unit and that it was governed by a law that was both antecedent and paramount to the law of Rome.
The spirit of man had a new birth and was breaking away from the too rigid bonds of ancient custom and authority.
Even such masters of classical prose as Francis Parkman, perhaps the greatest historian who has used the English language as his vehicle, are almost unknown to the average reader.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and just can repair.
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