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become a dazzling light lo Ihe world ! By Ihyself 

 thou hast propriety with heavenly confines ; by 

 her thou wilt hâve a father, for she has one. Hence- 

 forward thy nantie will signify light and saviour ; 

 and hers , means justice , but justice in ils widest 

 sensé, in Ihe sensé opposed to that of right , which 

 is understood only of force ; for Jupiter , who op- 

 pressed Prometheus , means nothing more than 

 force. 



» Thus you will first make isopolitia enter into. 

 Ihe world and isonomia will follow. Orpheus , per- 

 mit me to make you one question more. In listen- 

 ing to Ihe secret voice which hurries you on lo 

 do good lo men, hast thou matured the hidden se- 

 crets of ihat god who dwells in Ihee. 



»No, said Orpheus, I hâve net matured by reflection 

 the secret counsels of that god who is within me ; 

 for his counsels hâve ail the appearance of ordets , 

 and nothing remains, but to act. Listen in thy turn, 

 O my father , listen to the récital of my first inspi- 

 ration. The lyre has always awakened in my mind 

 a thousand confused ideas , that in my marvellous 

 childhood I had not strenglh enough to grasp and 

 lo embrace. Is there not a voice in material objects? 

 Those brilliant coloured clouds wandering over our 

 heads, do they not represent lo our imagination 

 the glorious orbs which they hide from our mor- 

 tal vision. Are our languages a ray of the human 

 thought. Is Ihe human Ihought a beam of the di- 

 vine Ihought? Or rather, is not the word , which 

 is man himself , the elernal subsislîng inspiration of 



