always remembering that it is a nobler thing to exchange a mortal body for immortal
 glory, and to purchase with a life which at best we shall retain for only a few years a
 fame which will abide with our descendants throughout all the ages For the language cf. Dem. 60.27 , and Hyp. 6.24 . —a far nobler course than to cling greedily to a
 little span of life and cover ourselves with great disgrace!