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for it is by love that they must govern ail minds. 

 You kno\Vj Evander, thaï no or;e can , contrary to 

 his wishes , be raised in initiation ; and the law of 

 asylum, rigourous and exacting as it is, does not 

 impose any restraint on him who implores the be- 

 nefit of it. In short , no one can raise himself in 

 the social hiérarchies if he have not fîrst sued for, 

 and at last merited it. This is the law of races , tri- 

 bes , and classes. As soon as Vola was informed of 

 the conversation of Talaon and Orpheus , she shed 

 bitter tears. She wondered how her spouse, vvho was 

 an austère Titan, had so quickly forgotien what is 

 owed to the genius of races ; how he had given 

 up his daughter to a mortal , who could not name 

 his father , eilher among the gods or men. She 

 for the last time interrogated the oracles of the 

 terrible religions, but thèse oracles were silent. 

 From that instant she resolved to put no obstacle 

 to the will of her spouse. She could look no more 

 upon her daughter but with grief, and Eurydice 

 herself could no more enjoy the embraces of her 

 mother but with émotion , thèse embraces become 

 so afflicting because they seemed to be the last. The 

 high courage of the old man did not screen him 

 from ail anxiety. His serene front disguised his deep 

 anguish. Without doubt a reason , which is remained 

 mysterious , directed his conduct. When alone with 

 Orpheus he sought to penetrate into the depths of 

 that soul formed for such noble designs , he sought 

 to dive into it , by the analogies of his own thoughts, 

 by the idenlity of his own sentiments, « Orpheus , 



