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Updated: August 19, 2026

Might he not-and his young heart beat high at the thought might he not, by some great act of daring, self-sacrifice, divine madness of faith, like David's of old, when he went out against the giant awaken selfish and luxurious souls to a noble emulation, and recall to their minds, perhaps to their lives, the patterns of those martyrs who were the pride, the glory, the heirloom of Egypt?

Charles Kingsley - Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face