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And, as if to make complete the parallelism, with all of memory and hope which it awakened, even the more minute details surrounding the life of Elijah found their counterpart in that of John. Yet history never repeats itself. It fulfils in its develop- ment that of which it gave indication at its commencement. Thus, 256 FROM BETHLEHEM TO JORDAN. BOOK the history of John the Baptist was the fulfilment of that of Elijah n in ' the fulness of time. ' "" ' ' For, alike in the Koman world and in Pa...lestine, the time had fully come ; not, indeed, in the sense of any special expectancy, but of absolute need. The redgn of Augustus marked, not only the climax, but the crisis, of Roman history. Whatever of good or of evil the ancient world contained, had become fully ripe. As regarded politics, philosophy, religion, and society, the utmost limits had been reached.^ Beyond them lay, as only alternatives, ruin or regeneration. It was felt that the boundaries of the Empire could be no further extended, and that henceforth the highest aim must be to preserve what had been conquered.
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