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221. *"Est deus in nobis, agitante calescimus illo." Ovid. Thus far we have dealt with the main questions raised by Mr. Froude on the lines of his own choosing; lines which demonstrate to the fullest how unsuited his capacity is for appreciating still less grappling with the political and social issues he has so confidently undertaken to determine.
"Est Deus in nobis, agitante calescimus illo." But this is not exactly the knowledge which Socrates meant, or Solomon. Alcibiades was taught to see the loveliness of virtue and to admire it; but he had not the divine and restraining power, which Socrates called an "inspiration," and others would call "grace."
And still less do I forget the high quality of the poets whom Plato calls the interpreters of the Gods, while Ovid says of them "'Est deus in nobis; agitante calescimus illo. And again "'At sacri vates et divum cura vocamur.
But though her major and minor premises may not be on the best terms with each other, even though they may remind us of that preacher of whom Pierrepont Edwards said, "If his text had the smallpox, his sermon would not catch it," her conclusion is sound, and as inspiring now as when the poet said, "Est Deus in nobis, agitante calescimus illo,"
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