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and these children all grew up, and further.
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After a life spent in what our people look upon as comfort,
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his end was surpassingly glorious.
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In a battle between the Athenians
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and their neighbors near Eleusis
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he came to the assistance of his countrymen,
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routed the foe and died upon the field most gallantly.
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The Athenians gave him a public funeral on the spot
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where he fell and paid him the highest honors.
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So, to summarize, the happiest, the most fortunate man
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that Solon ever knew
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was a dead Athenian that nobody ever heard of.