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发帖数: 759 | 1 CHAP. 23.--THAT THE VICISSITUDES OF THIS LIFE ARE DEPENDENT
NOT ON THE FAVOR OR HOSTILITY OF
DEMONS, BUT ON THE WILL OF THE TRUE GOD.
But, further, is it not obvious that the gods have abetted
the fulfilment of men's desires, instead of authoritatively
bridling them? For Marius, a
low-born and self-made man, who ruthlessly provoked and
conducted civil wars, was so effectually aided by them, that
he was seven times consul,
and died full of years in his seventh consulship, escaping
the hands of Sy |
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