The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20

Jaws. Tft@un J. known 10 "a. onlv -
4n a~irobtslv cnniinsn' wan, - chanis -
%" -kist Ayti phs hsr-etf, who ~s- q
paf,~vb = chastity Th.ts . ~ ryofd,
~ In in,lsfkuh even. "a th- pry~suce - -sh-
sal fayurtss len 80 ctnp ~ az his cuuf'
be- I. nut even s-t~-d vf tie pcluic aHsof-
n,rns-a whch = arrt-d ~ AuEti-iu.
That q man los On % should suddenly
hang hs hattis {. inrrvdltls. unlSs-
Ne So" 20 assume In M. cas- h est-i-n~e
90 a hidsous fUfm - emil. l-nssnii., -hoss
victim y 'o h" rit-i raih.r than condemn-d
How, then, " nay h~ a~ked. did the
stories ahH.ut ths life I'D by ubertus IN
hts closing veats originate our author
answers that " IL impossible Ia track the-s
~falsshoods bsrk 20 their source. A r-seon
Tor n ~ than however. 10 suggested
Among the s-anisls n Carre~e was said
to 10 the presence ~ a larg- rumbsr Of
Young people 81 10Th -ere-, ~ho we're
sacrhced u tho kmpsror'. lusss. they
w-r- u ID. nobl--t blood - Rome. Q fact
which vV SUPPOSED 10 have constituted
their chief attraction. AZ q matter OF
fact, the too grandchildren 81 Tfbsrtrs
were quite young whom N. Empsror vent
w Capr~r Owing - his position. he was
guardian 10 msnv other such children. and
y would have h--n entirely in accordance
with Roman practice 70 educate ell theee
young children togsther IL 10 certain
that ths suite which accompanied the
Emperor contained professional teachers
Hts old friend and curpsnion. Thrasyuus.
the mathematician. was one ther~ vere
sl.o professors a literature. To account
for the sinister Interpretation put upon
the ~upbringine ~ a number ~ children
In the household 81 Titertus our author
thinks that w~ have only 20 recall the tn
crsLle pririence 81 tho italian Imagination
IN ancient times. Their are works OF
art, there are it snen'. a literature,
there are househoid ornaments. dating
frpm tits period. and earli-r periods ard
later periods. which are simply ind~cib-
able IN modern language, The mystery
% tho Emperor. -acluslor vas Ia itself
enough 20 set foul tongues ~agging. and
to stimulate the impure inventiv-nese oi
the acknowledgements In the capital; n
there we're men Of Tsnk. and. poesibly,
women. only too glad 90 note down In their
diaries evidence collected from The mouths
81 slaves and other dep~nderts
our su'hor l. convinced hat h q stories
-Th" disturbed condition OF rolticsl life
after The fall of S~ejarus created an atmos-
piere - terror. Therils had always
been dr-eded. ard the sensstion-mongers
could find ready cr~denc. for tales 81 afro
cities for which there was M such obvious
CONTRADICTION a. would have existed had
Tih-rius been Spending hs DAYS In the fun
sight - his coun'rvn"n The~ talsr were
believed hecaus~ everybody wished to be-
H. W. them, and l@caus- there vas no evil
dence TO thu contrary. R>cause nothing
wa. zen. anything was imagined AZ TO
the sensational narrative az judicial murders
ard veyatious prosecutions with which
TAri'us adorns HE account 81 the last years
81 Tibcriis. orr author holds that the record
l. ~ imperfect and that the animus 81 the
narrator IL ~ clear hat We may ercusably
suspend our judgme..t. In none ~ these
case- \. the fun eviderc~ against the prisoner
aidur~d. IN al 81 th~m everything IL told
US that can 10 urged hgsirs' the judSe.
The historians do tot allow Tiherius
even To i've IN pace Their. ~ q story
thRt no was smoih~red beneath q Pile ~
mattresses Whatever wssthe eIart nature
Of his end. he died In he sev~nty-eishth
wear ~ his life and me ~tw~rtv-'hird ~
~ rc'gn. havirg we'd through such vicissi-
iudcs " fortune and such a continuity az
hard work ~ have rarely fallen 20 the lot
- any human tNirg. Far trsnEe even
han the ev"n'a ~ his life 10 he horrible
reputation thar has attached 70 the memoir
= man who held thar in all thing princes
wore bound 10 consider their good -sm..
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