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 Who would not praise Patrico's high desert,
 His hand unstain'd, his uncorrupted heart,
  His comprehensive head? all read more 
 Who would not praise Patrico's high desert,
 His hand unstain'd, his uncorrupted heart,
  His comprehensive head? all interests weigh'd,
   All Europe sav'd, yet Britain not betray'd. 
 A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken 
together, would by my standard of a statesman.  
 A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken 
together, would by my standard of a statesman. 
 An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the 
commonwealth.
 [Lat., Legatus est vir bonus read more 
 An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the 
commonwealth.
 [Lat., Legatus est vir bonus peregre missus ad mentiendem rei 
publicae causae.] 
 And statesmen at her council met
 Who knew the seasons when to take
  Occasion by the hand, read more 
 And statesmen at her council met
 Who knew the seasons when to take
  Occasion by the hand, and make
   The bounds of freedom wider yet. 
Learn to think impartially.
Learn to think impartially.
Learn to think continentally.
Learn to think continentally.
 Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.
 [It., Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.]  
 Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.
 [It., Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.] 
 And lives to clutch the golden keys,
 To mould a mighty state's decrees,
  And shape the whisper read more 
 And lives to clutch the golden keys,
 To mould a mighty state's decrees,
  And shape the whisper of the throne. 
 It is strange so great a statesman should
 Be so sublime a poet.  
 It is strange so great a statesman should
 Be so sublime a poet.