suance of the senate's orders he selected Murgentia, one of those cities, for the settlement of Moericus and his Spaniards. IXX II. Elections for the coming year.-As both the consuls had for their province, and as there was less danger from bal and his Carthazinians. thev received instructions to 一‘J，了 for Apulia and Macedonia. Macedonia fell to Sulpicius. a夕 eded Laevinus.Fulvius was recalled to conduct elections in Rome. The Veturian century of was the first to vote, and they declared for T. Manlius Torquatus and T. Otacilius, the latter being at the time absent from Rome. The voters began to press round Manlius to conratulate him.regardinghis electionhim re ardin as a certainty, but he at ，几J气.J once proceeaea, surrounaea Dy large crowd, to the consul's ma1andbeggedtobeallowedtomakeabriefspmal and begged to be allowed to make a brief sPeech and asked that the century which had voted might be recalled. When all were on the tiptoe of expectation to learn what he wanted he began by excusing himself on the score of his eye- A man must have little sense of shame," he continuedr sight."`whet her he be pilot of a ship co mmander of an army, who asbthat the lives and fortunes of others should be committed to him when, in all he does, he has to depend upon other people's eyes. If. therefore.you approve.order the Veturian century of ，，口几a夕.甲 niors to cast their vote azain. and to remember. whilst thev ‘.J，，砂 翻了e choosing their consuls the war in Italy and the critical position of the republic. Your ears can hardly yet have recovered from the uproar and confusion caused勿the enemy a few months叱o, when he brou flames of war almost to the very walls of Rome." entury replied with a shout that they had not changed their 而nds, they vote as before. Then Torquatus said,“I shall not be a悦e to tolerate your ma nners and cond uct. nor will you submit authority. Go back and vote again, and bear in mind Carthaginians are carrvinz war in Italy, and that their 砂电.J.少少 一琳der is Hannibal." Then the century, swayed by the speaker's onal authority and饰the murmurs of admiration which heard all around them, begged the consul to call up the turian century of seniors as they wished to consult their and be guided by their advice in the choice of consuls. Y一were accordingly calledu p uP and an interval was allowed the two bodies to consult privately in the ovile .15 The seniors maintained that.the， choice really lay between threeA -us w , !1 -r, 12 " > > ff {`‘men. two of them already tull of honours-y. r anius ana M. t--.，.，…_一‘.。，，.，，一，_1_ u marcellus-and, it they particuiarly wished a new man to rye 卜、二‘.“..…八.…，r，，， ;_叫pointed consul to act against the I.;arthaguuans, l% v menus Laevinus, who had conducted operations against‘ Philip both by sea and land with conspicuous success. So they discussed the claims of these three. and after the seniors had withdrawn the juniors proceeded to vote. They gave their vote in favour of M. Marcellus Claudius, resplendent with the glory of his conquest of Sicily, and, as the second consul, M. Valerius. Neither of them had put in a personal appearance. The other centuries all followed the leading century. People nowadays may laugh at the admirers of antiquity. I for my part do not believe it possible, even if there ever existed a commonwealth of wise men such as philosophe rs dream of but have never really known, that there could be an aristocracy more grave or more temperate in their desire for power or a people with purer manners and a higher moral tone. That a century of juniors should have been anxious to consult their seniors as to whom they were to place in supreme authority is a thing hardly credible in these days, when we see in what contempt children hold the authority of their parents.