Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1889 — Poor Great Conquerors. [ARTICLE]

Poor Great Conquerors.

The four greatest conquerors in the history of the world are Alexander, Hannibal, Bonaparte. Alexander died in a scene of debauch, after weeping that there were no other worlds to conquer. Hannibal, having defeated the Roman armies, and making the foundations of that powerful empire quake, after his return to his own country was made to fly, and died at last by poison administered by his own hand. Ca sar, after having conquered 800 cities, and putting to death millions of his foes, after pursuing to death the only rival he had on earth, was assassinated by those he considered his nearest friends. Bonaparte, whose mandates kings obeved, after having deluged Europe in blood, closed his days in lonely banishment.