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1. 9. it is so large, etc., i.e., the evidence afforded by history 

 is so vast. 



1. 10. to use choice, etc., i.e., it is more convenient to select a 

 few than to include them all. 



1. 13. human honour, honour which man could confer upon 

 man. 



1. 15. as the forbidden fruit, referring to the story of Adam's 

 temptation. Cf. 



" Of man's first disobedience and the fruit 

 Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste 

 Brought death into the world, and all our woes," etc. 



Paradise Lout, 1.1. 

 Christians are not allowed to worship any man as God. 



1. 20. as it was used among, as it was the custom to give it to 

 the Roman Emperors. Divine honours were regularly decreed 

 to the Emperors, generally during their lifetime, by the Senate. 



1. 21. by an inward assent, i.e., voluntarily, or by tacit con 

 sent. The honour was all the greater, when it was granted by 

 the people spontaneously. 



1. 22. a degree or middle term, i.e., there were three degrees of 

 honour deification was the highest, and honour granted during 

 a man's lifetime, or human honour, the lowest ; between these 

 two extremes came the honour of being made a demi-god which 

 Bacon calls ' honour heroical.' 



1. 26. extirpers, extirpators. 



1. 27. fathers of the people, a title given at Rome to those who 

 delivered their country in times of danger. Cicero, after defeat 

 ing the conspiracy of Catiline, was styled 'the father of his 

 country.' This is an instance of ' human honour.' 



eminent persons in civil merit, men who had rendered 

 conspicuous services to their country. 



1. 28. worthies, i.e., heroes, or demi-gods. 



1. 29. Hercules, p. 28, 1. 17. He freed Greece from a number 

 of monsters which infested the country, and destroyed both life 

 and property. Theseus, Minos, and Romulus were the legendary 

 founders of the Athenian, Cretan, and Roman states. 



1. 33. Ceres, Bacchus, Mercury, and Apollo were the givers of 

 corn, wine, speech, and music. 



Page 48, 1. 2. a latitude of ground where, the extent of ground 

 on which. 



1. 6. Divine Presence, referring to a story of God visiting the 

 Jewish prophet Elijah, and making his presence known * by a 

 slight breath of air.' 



