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of the

citizen to

the state;

it set the

safety of

the

commonwealth,

as the

supreme

aim of

conduct,

above the

safety of

the

individual

whether in

this world

or in the

world to

come.

Trained

from

infancy in

this

unselfish

ideal, the

citizens

devoted

their

lives to

the public

service

and were

ready to

lay them

down for

the common

good; or

if they

shrank

from the

supreme

sacrifice,

it never

occurred

to them

that they

acted

otherwise

than