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Benjamin Franklin and ‘Good Old Mantuan’
Notes and Queries Pub Date : 2020-07-20 , DOI: 10.1093/notesj/gjaa106
Kevin J Hayes 1
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In the 25 March 1731 issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette, Benjamin Franklin published an editorial urging people to treat the sick with compassion during the current smallpox epidemic. In lieu of a title, two Latin epigraphs head the work. The first comes from Juvenal’s tenth satire: ‘Mors sola fatetur / Quantula sint hominum corpuscula’(Death alone reveals how small our bodies are). The next epigraph presents a second Latin verse: ‘Post obitum benefacta manent, aeternaq; virtus / Non metuit Stygiis, nec rapiatur aquis’(Good deeds transcend death, and virtue, eternal virtue, never fears the Stygian undertow).

中文翻译:

本杰明·富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)和“ Good Old Mantuan”

在1731年3月25日的《宾夕法尼亚州公报》上,本杰明·富兰克林发表社论,敦促人们在当前的天花流行病中以同情心对待病人。代替拉丁文的标题,有两个拉丁文题词负责了这项工作。第一个来自于尤文纳尔(Juvenal)的第十幅讽刺作品:“摩尔人的命运/ Quantula sint hominum corpuscula”(光是死亡就揭示了我们的身体有多小)。下一个题词介绍了第二个拉丁文经文:“ post obitum benefacta manent,aeternaq; 维特(Vittus)/非冥想的斯蒂格(Nest rapiatur aquis)(善行超越了死亡,美德,永恒的美德永远不怕斯蒂格人的前途)。
更新日期:2020-07-20
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