Quotes About Morasses

The forests and morasses of Germany were filled with a hardy race of barbarians, who despised life when it was separated from freedom;

The forests and morasses of Germany were filled with a hardy race of barbarians, who despised life when it was separated from freedom; and though, on the first attack, they seemed to yield to the weight of the Roman power, they soon, by a signal act of despair, regained their independence, and reminded Augustus of the vicissitude of fortune.