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Clement, in the BibleClement, in Philippians Philippians (fəlĭp`ēənz), letter of the New Testament, written by St. Paul from captivity probably in Rome (c.A.D...... Click the link for more information. , one of Paul's coworkers. He is traditionally identified with St. Clement of Rome, the likely author of a letter written from there to the Corinthian church in c.A.D. 96. |
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| At the ministry to which Rabourdin belonged there flourished, as general-secretary, a certain Monsieur Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx, one of those men whom the tide of political events sends to the surface for a few years, then engulfs on a stormy night, but whom we find again on a distant shore, tossed up like the carcass of a wrecked ship which still seems to have life in her. But Machiavel knew not of a Friar Clement, nor a Ravillac, nor a Jaureguy, nor a Baltazar Gerard; yet his rule holdeth still, that nature, nor the engagement of words, are not so forcible, as custom. Coming now to the other qualities mentioned above, I say that every prince ought to desire to be considered clement and not cruel. |
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