 Our citizens attend both to public and private duties, and do not allow absorption in their own various affairs to interfere with their knowledge of the city's. We differ from other states in regarding the man who holds aloof from public life not as 'quiet...  Democracy in Reconstruction - Page 471edited by - 1919 - 491 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern - Greece - 1911 - 478 pages
...not allow absorption in their own various affairs to interfere with their knowledge of the city's. We differ from other states in regarding the man who...holds aloof from public life not as 'quiet' but as useless;8 we decide or debate, carefully and in person, all matters of policy, holding, not that words... | |
 | Alfred Zimmern - Athens (Greece) - 1911 - 470 pages
...not allow absorption in their own various affairs to interfere with their knowledge of the city's. We differ from other states** in regarding the man who holds aloof from public life not asC 'quiet' but as useless;2 we decide or debate, carefully and in person, all matters of policy, holding,... | |
 | Alfred Zimmern - Greece - 1922 - 480 pages
...other states in regarding the man who holds aloof from public life not as ' quiet ' but as useless ; z we decide or debate, carefully and in person, all matters of policy, holding, not that words and de^ds go ill together, but that acts are foredoomed to failure whea-ujidertaken undiscussed. For we... | |
 | Algernon de Vivier Tassin - English literature - 1923 - 456 pages
...not allow absorption in their own various affairs to interfere with their knowledge of the city's. We differ from other states in regarding the man who...words and deeds go ill together but that acts are foredoomed to failure when undertaken undiscussed. For we are noted for being at once most adventurous... | |
 | Larue Van Hook - History - 1923 - 388 pages
...not allow absorption in their own various affairs to interfere with their knowledge of the city's. We differ from other states in regarding the man who...aloof from public life, not as quiet but as useless. In a word, I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece, and that her members yield to... | |
 | Alfred Zimmern, Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern - Greece - 1924 - 490 pages
...not allow absorption in their own various affairs to interfere with their knowledge of the city's. We differ from other states in regarding the man who...words and deeds go ill together, but that acts are foredoomed to failure when undertaken undiscussed. For we are noted for being at once most adventurous... | |
 | Richard Winn Livingstone - English literature - 1924 - 474 pages
...other states in regarding the man who holds aloof from public life not as ' quiet ' but as useless ; x we decide or debate, carefully and in person, all...words and deeds go ill together, but that acts are foredoomed to failure when undertaken undiscussed. For we are noted for being at once most adventurous... | |
 | R. W. LIVINGSTONE - 1924 - 476 pages
...not allow absorption in their own various affairs to interfere with their knowledge of the city's. We differ from other states in regarding the man who...aloof from public life not as ' quiet ' but as useless ; l we decide or debate, carefully and in person, all matters of policy, holding, not that words and... | |
 | Richard Winn Livingstone - English literature - 1924 - 466 pages
...from public life not as ' quiet' but as useless ; 1 we decide or debate, carefully and in person, ah 1 matters of policy, holding, not that words and deeds go ill together, but that acts are foredoomed to failure when undertaken undiscussed. For we are noted for being at once most adventurous... | |
 | Ernest Darwin Simon - Local government - 1926 - 288 pages
...natural that all of us who survive them should wish to spend ourselves in her service " And again : " We differ from other states in regarding the man who...aloof from public life, not as quiet, but as useless." Every Athenian citizen profoundly believed in and loved his city, and was prepared to work and, if... | |
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