The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. - Edward Gibbon

"He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers." ^15

In a distant age and climate the tragic scene of the death of Hussyn will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.

The Greek, the Roman, and the Barbarian, as they met before their respective altars, easily persuaded themselves, that under various names, and with various ceremonies, they adored the same deities. The elegant mythology of Homer gave a beautiful, and almost a regular form, to the polytheism of the ancient world.