Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Sympathy Moral theory Morality

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1781 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Historian Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 3, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1781, ch. 49.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 3. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 49.

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Speech at County Meeting of Buckinghamshire
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