For with the dream foregone, foregone, The deed forborne for ever, The worm, regret, will canker on, And time will turn him never.

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Once someone had attained senatorial dignity by way of the successful tenure of some appropriate magistracy, one of the most important mechanisms of the dominate kicked in: all social rankings and professions were to a large extent heritable.

“After that we'll see.” Jake reached out and clasped Walter's shoulder. “Coppish?”