It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city.
Goldwin SmithThe Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.
Goldwin SmithWe Jews regard our race as superior to all humanity, and look forward, not to its ultimate union with other races, but to its triumph over them.
Goldwin Smith