The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica.

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Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school...

Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school...

There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not...

There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not...

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of...

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of...

There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus,...

There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus,...

For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse...

For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse...

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real...

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real...

No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.

No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.

If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to...

If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to...

Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do...

Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do...