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They look like founders surrounded by ruins." Nothing could damp the 

 zeal of these apostolic spirits, and Chrysostom has revealed In us the 

 secret of their undaunted consistency and courage when he exclaims, in 



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Fig. 393. Allegorical Composition, representing the different Degrees of University Teaching. 

 Fac-similo of a Wood Engraving of 1 he " Margarita Philosophies " (Bale Edition, in 4lo, 



1508). 



presence of the great whose vices he condemned, and of the princes whose 

 power he braved, "All earthly terrors are contemptible in my sight, I 

 disdain all worldly goods, and do not fear poverty; I do not desire riches, 



