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568 general literature and science "The Father seeketh such to worship him He was burning and shining light If any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine What feasts are named by St John Describe their ritual and doctrinal significance in connection with our Lord's teaching Passage for translation vivd voce III -dfor Eattu vo$t Bias happened once to be at sea with some profane men who began to call upon the gods when the ship was distressed by storm Hold your tongues said he "lest they may know that you are at sea He also refused once to reply to an impious man who asked him what piety was and when ques- tioned concerning the cause of his silence 'Ί make no answer said be "because your question relates to what does not concern you Aristippus also when asked by somebody how his son would be benefited by being educated -" In this at least '' said he "if in nothing else that in the theatre he will not sit like one stone upon another for the seats in the theatre were of stone On another occasion when man brought his son to be taught by him and he demanded fee of 500 drachmae -" could for that money said the other buy slave Do replied the philosopher and you will then have two When the Syrian queen was brought into the presence of Aurelian he sternly asked her how she had presumed to rise in arms against the emperors of Rome The answer of Zenohia was prudent mixture of respect and firmness Because disdained to consider as Roman emperors an Aureolus and Galienus you alone acknowledge as my conqueror and my sovereign But as female fortitude is commonly artificial so it is seldom steady or consistent The courage of Zenobia deserted her in the hour of trial she trembled at the angry clamours of the soldiers who called aloud for her immediate execution forgot the generous despair of Cleopatra which she had proposed as her model and ignominiously purchased life by the sacrifice