'Ides of March' Lessons
(59 B.C. - 2023 A.D. orig.3/15/2023)
King Julius, dictator of Rome,
No doubt wished that he had stayed home!
*Republics preserve:
Shun polarized verve,
Beneath D.C.’s power-drunk dome.
(* ‘A republic, if you can keep it!’ - 1787: Benjamin Franklin answered Elizabeth Willing Powel’s question: ‘Well, Doctor, what have we got: a republic or a monarchy?’ / Journal of James McHenry, 1753-…
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