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Author: Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Hourly and earnestly strive, as a Roman and a man, to do what falls to your hand with perfect unaffected dignity, with kindliness, freedom and justice, and free your soul from every other imagination. Public domain in the USA. Rights source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55317Read evidence
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- Title
- The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
- Type
- Public-domain source · Primary source
- Edition date
- 1902
- Translator
- George W. Chrystal
- Edition
- George W. Chrystal translation; Project Gutenberg ebook 55317
- Held by
- Otto Schulze & Company; S. C. Brown & Company
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- Aurelius, Marcus. (1902). The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Translated by George W. Chrystal. Otto Schulze & Company; S. C. Brown & Company. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55317/pg55317.txt
- Quotation citation
- Aurelius (1902)
- In-text citation
- (Aurelius, 1902)
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