The book Apollonius of Tyana a Study of His Life And Times was written by author Frederick William Groves Campbell Here you can read free online of Apollonius of Tyana a Study of His Life And Times book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Apollonius of Tyana a Study of His Life And Times a good or bad book?
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" And in such words as these they pray at seedtime : " O Lord, cause the seed to grow for all creatures ; for animal and bird ; for the beggar, for he can ask for it; for the robber 1 Cf. Uavenir de FEglise Russe, by Joseph Wilbois (Bloud. Paris, 1907), pp. 157, 207, and 259. APOLLONIUS TRAVELS TO INDIA 77 if he wishes to steal ; give to him also his portion. " A like curious delicacy of feeling is seen in the manner in which even the rudest Russian peasant regards ordinary bread, for he would ...never throw it to his dogs for food, in that he holds all bread to be sancti- fied, in some sense, from the time the Master took a loaf into His holy hands and blessed it, saying, "This is My body. " 1 And if in this twentieth century we find among many peoples a sort of exquisite refinement in the choice of physical susten- ance, lest that subtle associate of the body, the soul, be hampered, even in a minor degree, through the appetites, in its spiritual ascensions, we in England, who understand so well the pains of the flesh and so little the pangs of the spirit, may at least cease to be astonished at these little austerities exer- cised by races more psychic and more ideal than our own.
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