...and by this division to come to value them little : and apply this rule also to thy whole life. 3. What a soul that is which is ready, if at any moment...or continue to exist ; but so that this readiness 1 Law is the order by which all things are governed. comes from a man's own judgment, not from mere...

...parts, and by this division to come to value them little: and apply this rule also to thy whole life. 3. What a soul that is which is ready, if at any moment...judgment, not from mere obstinacy, as with the Christians, 3 but considerately and with dignity and in a way to persuade another, without tragic show. 4. Have...

...Christians to Buffer martyrdom, without being at all aware of the spirit in which they acted. He reflects, " What a soul that is which is ready, if at any moment...in a way to persuade another, without tragic show." Little did the good emperor know of St. Paul, and those like him, who judged of their "own judgment,"...

...to die; but this readiness should come from a man's own judgment, not from mere obstinacy, as with Christians, but considerately and with dignity, and...in a way to persuade another, without tragic show." When he was born, Christianity had existed in the world one hundred and twenty-one years ; and when...

...despised them. The single mention of them in the eleventh book of the " Meditations" shows this : " What a soul that is which is ready if at any moment...that this readiness comes from a man's own judgment, and not from mere obstinacy, as with the Christians, but considerately, and with dignity, and in a...

...that is which is read/, if at any moment it most be .separated from the body, and ready to be either extinguished or dispersed, or continue to exist ;...in a way to persuade another without tragic show." — Long, " Thoughts of M. Aurelius," (xi. 3.) broke out a violent persecution at Lyons, during which...

...Felicitas and her seven sons met death with heroic constancy at Rome, AD 164. In 177 * " What a sonl that is which is ready, if at any moment it must be separated from the body, and ready to be either extinguished or dispersed, or continue to exist ; but so that this readiness coines from...

...matron Felicitas and her seven sons met death with heroic constancy at Borne, AD 164. In 177 * '• What a soul that is which is ready, if at any moment it must be tepmrated from the body, and ready to be eithefccxtinguiahcd or dispersed, or continue to exist ; but...

...separated from the body, lo be extinguished, or to continue to exist ; but this readiness should come from a man's own judgment, not from mere obstinacy, as with the Christians." There is, according to Leslie, sufficient evidence that he did not prevent, as he might have done by...

...any moment it must be separated from the body, and ready 3HAP. II.] MARCUS ATJKELIUS AND FEONTO. 285 either to be extinguished or dispersed or continue...in a way to persuade another, without tragic show." 47 How far above the Christian martyrs, the Emperor evidently thought himself ! Of what led them to...