Page 201 of 240 CANTO VIII - Divine Comedy

v. 136. Esau.] Genesis c. xxv. 22.

v. 137. Quirinus.] Romulus, born of so obscure a father, that his parentage was attributed to Mars.

		Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. William James