Justin from the shades of the Academy into the dust and sun of Christian warfare. The conversion seems electric, but most conversions, ancient and modern, are so represented; and we learn from another passage that Justin had long felt the power of the Christian life as shown in the steadfastness of Christian confessors, the holy boldness and holy joy of Christian martyrs. As after his conversion he did not trample on the philosopher’s mantle, and cherished all that was
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