The following fragment illustrates the dawning interest in ethical speculation, which became much more active in the age of Cicero, under the influence of Greek studies:- Fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent philosophi Saxoque instare in globoso praedicant volubili: Insanam autem esse aiunt, quia atrox, incerta, instabilisque sit: Caecam ob eam rem esse Iterant, quia nil cernat quo sese adplicet: Brutam quia dignum atque indignum nequeat internoscere.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Judith helped Cliantha and Pendrilla prepare a bit of supper for herself, aided in the clearing away and dish-washing, and after they had sat for a while with Granny Lusk and the old man in the porch, listening to the whippoorwills calling to each other, and all the Iterant insect voices of a July night, went to their own room.
"Judith of the Cumberlands"
Alice MacGowan