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salions they had together , would be far advanced 

 in the secrets of which time has thickened the veils. 

 He to whom it shouid be given to penetrate -what 

 the sages of the primitive world beleived concern- 

 ing the mysterious unity of God, the création, 

 matter, the origin of evil , the diflFerent orders of 

 intelligences , émanations of the suprême intelli- 

 gence , would dive into the causes of the universe 

 as far as mortals may dive , \vould, as it were, assist 

 at discourses on the past and the future. 



« Soraetimes the old man said to Orpheus ; my 

 son thou shouldst go with Eurydice on inaccessible 

 mountains and into the depths of forests , for she 

 must accustom herself to support the labours which 

 w^ill be imposed on thee , as her mother , must 

 accustom herself to seek her cherished daughler , 

 without being able to find her. We hâve been 

 conscious of the necessity of given her up to her 

 own inspirations , we weli knew that she did not 

 belong to us. The inspired poet readily obeyed 

 Talaon's counsels. 



» When Orpheus and Eurydice were alonè , 

 they conversed on virtue and poesy. Orpheus talk- 

 ed of beauty , which in ilself is a complète poesy. 

 Eurydice said the happiness for a weak being , to 

 reclir^ on one endowed with strength and goodness. 

 She asked the son of the lyre for the récital of his 

 adventures, which were true symbols, and when 

 he had ended she would fain make him recom- 

 mence. Hers were neither long nor varied. They 

 extended no farther than around a rose bush , or on 



