of the
citizen to
the state;
it set the
safety of
the
commonwealth,
as the
supreme
aim of
conduct,
above the
safety of
the
individual
whether in
this world
or in the
world to
come.
Trained
from
infancy in
this
unselfish
ideal, the
citizens
devoted
their
lives to
the public
service
and were
ready to
lay them
down for
the common
good; or
if they
shrank
from the
supreme
sacrifice,
it never
occurred
to them
that they
acted
otherwise
than
