usque adeo res humanas vis abdita quaedam obterit, et pulchros fascis saevasque secures proculcare ac ludibrio sibi habere videtur.
So true is it that some hidden power grinds down humanity, and seems to trample upon the noble rods and the cruel axes, and hold them in derision.
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