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508 ALEXANDER'S OFFICERS.ual rays were swallowed \\\) in <strong>the</strong> greater refulgence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>central light. " Thus <strong>the</strong> noble Craterus, who, as it is said,loved <strong>the</strong> king ; <strong>the</strong> gentle Hephaestion who loved <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>thus <strong>the</strong> ever reliable <strong>and</strong> duty-doing Ptolemy, son <strong>of</strong> Lagus ;<strong>the</strong> quiet, through <strong>and</strong> through faithful Ccenus ; <strong>the</strong> calculatingLysimachus." The Macedonian hoplite, <strong>the</strong> <strong>art</strong>ist, poet,philosopher who followed <strong>the</strong> camp-court, <strong>the</strong> Persian noble,each st<strong>and</strong>s out in <strong>history</strong> in bolder personal relief than <strong>the</strong>most efficient <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>'s generals. It is wont to be thuswith all great captains.<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>.(From a Statue in <strong>the</strong> Glypto<strong>the</strong>k in Munich.)

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