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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 810233" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Augustine in his monumental work, "The City of God" recounts a story of a Pirate's reply to the late Alexander the Great when the great King himself had enquired of a lowly pirate for what reason and manner does he (the Pirate) keep hostile possession of the sea? The pirate's response to the mighty King?</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BPnZNx9-zwgC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=%E2%80%9CWhat+thou+meanest+by+seizing+the+whole+earth%3B+but+because+I+do+it+with+a+petty+ship,+I+am+called+a+robber,+whilst+thou+who+dost+it+with+a+great+fleet+art+styled+emperor.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=EZErXI_CPR&sig=1UD_iKfNBx4X2LE32AEb2Wyfn3k&hl=en&ei=rIFiTc6UOoe3tgf-09WJDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CWhat%20thou%20meanest%20by%20seizing%20the%20whole%20earth%3B%20but%20because%20I%20do%20it%20with%20a%20petty%20ship%2C%20I%20am%20called%20a%20robber%2C%20whilst%20thou%20who%20dost%20it%20with%20a%20great%20fleet%20art%20styled%20emperor.%E2%80%9D&friend=false" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Book IV, Chapter 4</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 810233, member: 2189"] Augustine in his monumental work, "The City of God" recounts a story of a Pirate's reply to the late Alexander the Great when the great King himself had enquired of a lowly pirate for what reason and manner does he (the Pirate) keep hostile possession of the sea? The pirate's response to the mighty King? [URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=BPnZNx9-zwgC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=%E2%80%9CWhat+thou+meanest+by+seizing+the+whole+earth%3B+but+because+I+do+it+with+a+petty+ship,+I+am+called+a+robber,+whilst+thou+who+dost+it+with+a+great+fleet+art+styled+emperor.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=EZErXI_CPR&sig=1UD_iKfNBx4X2LE32AEb2Wyfn3k&hl=en&ei=rIFiTc6UOoe3tgf-09WJDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CWhat%20thou%20meanest%20by%20seizing%20the%20whole%20earth%3B%20but%20because%20I%20do%20it%20with%20a%20petty%20ship%2C%20I%20am%20called%20a%20robber%2C%20whilst%20thou%20who%20dost%20it%20with%20a%20great%20fleet%20art%20styled%20emperor.%E2%80%9D&friend=false"][COLOR=red]Book IV, Chapter 4[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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