History of the Romans Under the Empire, Volumes 5-6Appleton, 1880 - Rome |
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Page 228 - ... without, adequate reason, to have borrowed directly from the other. But the philosopher, be it remembered, discoursed to a large. and not inattentive audience; and surely the soil was .not all unfruitful on which his seed was scattered, when he proclaimed that God dwells not in temples of wood or stone, nor wants the ministrations of human hands; that he has no delight in the blood of victims; that he is near to all his creatures...
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