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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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MYR'MIDON, n. [Gr. a multitude of ants.] Primarily, the Myrmidons are said to have been a people on the borders of Thessaly, who accompanied Achilles to the war against Troy. Hence the name came to signify a soldier of a rough character, a desperate soldier or ruffian.
One of a
fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, to the
Trojan war.
A soldier or a subordinate civil officer
who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; --
sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
Thackeray.
With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward. W. H. Ainsworth. | ||||||||