"It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand. [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]"

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Toil, and be strong; by toil the flaccid nerves Grow firm, and gain a more compacted tone: The greener juices are by toil subdued, Mellow'd, and subtilis'd; the vapid old Expell'd, and all the rancor of the blood.

— John Armstrong