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Triumphal arches add to the glory of illustrious men only when the writing upon them informs in whose honour they have been reared, and why. It is the inscription that tells the spectator that the triumphal arch is that of our own Constantine, liberator of his country and promoter of peace. Indeed no one has ever gained permanent fame except as the result of what he has written or of what others have written of him. The memory of fool or emperor is, after a brief lapse of time, the same unless it be prolonged by courtesy of writers . 1
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