Was it the dove of peace?
"We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path
to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to
hold on to the lost position, without hope, without rescue,
like that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a
door in Pompeii, who, during the eruption of Vesuvius, died at
his post because they forgot to relieve him. That is greatness.
That is what it means to be a thoroughbred. The honorable end
is the only thing that can not be taken from a man."
Oswald Spengler - "Man and Technics"
Duty and honor are difficult concepts for the denizens of
the "late" urban megalopolis to value. Indeed, when Caesar's
legions, led by his favorite, the 10th, mutinied in Campania,
he addressed them as civilians - Quirites (city dwellers)-
and discipline was restored by the insult of this single word.
John T. Duryea
"Caesar's legions are returning to consciousness" - Spengler
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