Frederic William Farrar
Frederic William Farrar
Frederic William Farrarwas a cleric of the Church of England, schoolteacher and author. He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles secret society...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionTheologian
CountryIndia
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No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.
island judges question senate sentence worth
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.
accused although claim considered laid worse
For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.