It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no State, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness.


Vol. 1, Chap. 5 - The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

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It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no State, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in ...

It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no State, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in ...

It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no State, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in ...

It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no State, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in ...