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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) | 10 | 10 | Browse | Search |
Polybius, Histories | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Appian, The Foreign Wars (ed. Horace White) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Titus Livius (Livy), Ab Urbe Condita, books 23-25 (ed. Frank Gardener Moore, Professor Emeritus in Columbia University) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Strabo, Geography | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Strabo, Geography (ed. H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A.) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Earthquake At Rhodes
About the same period the earthquake occurred at
Earthquake at Rhodes. Royal liberality, B. C. 224.
Rhodes, which overthrew the great Colossus and
the larger part of the walls and dockyards. But
the adroit policy of the Rhodians converted this
misfortune into an opportunity; and under their
skilful management, instead of adding to their embarrassments,
it became the means of restoring their prosperity. So decisive
in human affairs, public or private, is the difference between incapacity and good sense, between idle indifference and a close
attention to business. Good fortune only damages the one,
while disaster is but a means of recovery to the other. This
was illustrated by the manner in which the Rhodians turned
the misfortune that befell them to account. They enhanced its
magnitude and importance by the prominence which they gave
it, and the serious tone in which they spoke of it, as well
by the mouth of their ambassadors as in the intercourse
of private life