Surely this man must needs be a man of peace and love. My good is more in the public than in myself. It is because we have such private spirits, that there are such contentions among us. Were we more public-spirited, our contentions would vanish. When I read of what public spirits many of the heathens were, I am ashamed to look upon many Christians. Paulus Æmilius, hearing of the death of his children, spake with an undaunted courage thus: “That the gods had heard his