Greek City States

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    “In the Greek cities, it was reckoned profane, that any person should pretend a property in a work of art, which belonged to all who could behold it.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “O City city, I can sometimes hear
    Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street,
    The pleasant whining of a mandolin
    And a clatter and a chatter from within
    Where fishmen lounge at noon.”
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    “My opinion is that the Northern states will manage somehow to muddle through.”
    —John Bright (1811–1889)