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that; I will not enter the city。'



And ever did the Hermit answer; 'All things that I have I will give

thee; save that one thing only。  For that thing it is not lawful

for me to give away。'



And in the twilight of the third day they came nigh to the great

scarlet gates of the City of the Seven Sins。  And from the city

there came the sound of much laughter。



And the young Robber laughed in answer; and sought to knock at the

gate。  And as he did so the Hermit ran forward and caught him by

the skirts of his raiment; and said to him:  'Stretch forth your

hands; and set your arms around my neck; and put your ear close to

my lips; and I will give you what remains to me of the knowledge of

God。'  And the young Robber stopped。



And when the Hermit had given away his knowledge of God; he fell

upon the ground and wept; and a great darkness hid from him the

city and the young Robber; so that he saw them no more。



And as he lay there weeping he was ware of One who was standing

beside him; and He who was standing beside him had feet of brass

and hair like fine wool。  And He raised the Hermit up; and said to

him:  'Before this time thou hadst the perfect knowledge of God。

Now thou shalt have the perfect love of God。  Wherefore art thou

weeping?'  And he kissed him。







Footnotes:



(1) Plato's LAWS; AEschylus' PROMETHEUS BOUND。



(2) Somewhat in the same spirit Plato; in his LAWS; appeals to the

local position of Ilion among the rivers of the plain; as a proof

that it was not built till long after the Deluge。



(3) Plutarch remarks that the ONLY evidence Greece possesses of the

truth that the legendary power of Athens is no 'romance or idle

story;' is the public and sacred buildings。  This is an instance of

the exaggerated importance given to ruins against which Thucydides

is warning us。



(4) The fictitious sale in the Roman marriage PER COEMPTIONEM was

originally; of course; a real sale。



(5) Notably; of course; in the case of heat and its laws。



(6) Cousin errs a good deal in this respect。  To say; as he did;

'Give me the latitude and the longitude of a country; its rivers

and its mountains; and I will deduce the race;' is surely a glaring

exaggeration。



(7) The monarchical; aristocratical; and democratic elements of the

Roman constitution are referred to。



(8) Polybius; vi。 9。 'Greek text which cannot be reproduced'



(9) 'Greek text which cannot be reproduced'



(10) The various stages are 'Greek text which cannot be

reproduced'; 'Greek text which cannot be reproduced'。



(11) Polybius; xii。 24。



(12) Polybius; i。 4; viii。 4; specially; and really PASSIM。



(13) He makes one exception。



(14) Polybius; viii。 4。



(15) Polybius; xvi。 12。



(16) Polybius; viii。 4:  'Greek text which cannot be reproduced'



(17) Polybius resembled Gibbon in many respects。  Like him he held

that all religions were to the philosopher equally false; to the

vulgar equally true; to the statesman equally useful。



(18) Cf。 Polybius; xii。 25; 'Greek text which cannot be reproduced'



(19) Polybius; xxii。 8。



(20) I mean particularly as regards his sweeping denunciation of

the complete moral decadence of Greek society during the

Peloponnesain War; which; from what remains to us of Athenian

literature; we know must have been completely exaggerated。  Or;

rather; he is looking at men merely in their political dealings:

and in politics the man who is personally honourable and refined

will not scruple to do anything for his party。



(21) Polybius; xii。 25。



(22) THE TWO PATHS; Lect。 iii。 p。 123 (1859 ed。)。











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