Others make the claim for them, while they faintly disavow it, till they have opportunity to gee what effect the idea produces on the public mind.

The following incidents occurred which it was thought indicated such a design on the part of Caesar.
[Sidenote: American feeling.] There were in some of the public buildings certain statues of kings; for it must be understood that the Roman dislike to kings was only a dislike to having kingly authority exercised over themselves.

They respected and sometimes admired the kings of other countries, and honored their exploits, and made statues to commemorate their fame.

They were willing that kings should reign elsewhere, so long as there were no king of Rome.

The American feeling at the present day is much the same.