'The kingdom shall be divided.'-- Third characteristic.

'The kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.'-- Fourth characteristic.

'They shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another.' How exactly do these characters apply to the Greek Empire under the successors of Alexander,--when the Greeks were dispersed over the civilized world, as artists, rhetoricians, 'grammatici', secretaries, private tutors, parasites, physicians, and the like! Ib.p.

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'For to them he thus speaketh in the Gospel: And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.' I cannot deny that there is great force and an imposing verisimilitude in this and the preceding chapter, and much that demands silent thought and respectful attention.