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![[I]n this rage against slavery, in the numerous petitions against the Slave trade was there no leaven of new democratical principles, no wild ideas of the rights and natural equality of man? It is these I fear. (Edward Gibbon)](https://cdn.quotesdtb.com/img/quotes_images_webp/88/edward-gibbon-equality-fear-1006788.webp)
Clodius Albinus surpassed both his competitors in the nobility of his extraction. Which he derived from the most illustrious names of the old Republic, but the branch from which he claimed descent had long sunk into mean circumstances, and transplanted into a remote province. It is difficult to form a just idea of his character. Under the philisophic cloak of austerity, he stands accused of concealing most of the vices which degrade human nature.
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
Occupation: English Historian
Born: April 27, 1737
Died: January 16, 1794
Quotes count: 79
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