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For we are not to imitate the little vulgar, who Avait impa  tiently for the jolly days which are consecrated to Saturn, Bacchus, and Minerva, that they may be merry with hired laughter, and pay such a price to the mimic and stage  dancer for their diversions. FOR WE ARE NOT TO IMITATE THE LITTLE VULGAR WHO WAIT IMPATIENTLY FOR THE JOLLY DAYS WHICH ARE CONSECRATED TO SATURN BACCHUS AND MINERVA THAT THEY MAY BE MERRY WITH HIRED LAUGHTER AND PAY SUCH A PRICE TO THE MIMIC AND STAGE DANCER FOR THEIR DIVERSIONS
easeth me, who, seeing one sprucing himself up very neatly to go to a great entertainment, asked him whether every day was not a festival to a good man. And certainly, that which makes it the more splendid festival is sobriety. For the world is a spacious and beautiful temple ; this a man is brouiiht into as soon as he is born, where he is not to be a dull spectator of immovable and lifeless images made by •human hands, but is to contemplate sublime things, which (as Plato tells us) tlie divine mind has exhibited to our senses as likenesses of things in the ideal world, having the principles of life and motion in themselves ; such as are the sun, moon, and stars ; rivers which are still supplied with fresh accessions of water ; and the earth, which with a motherly indulgence suckles the plants and feeds her sensitive creatures. Now since life is the introduction and the most perfect initiation into these mysteries, it is but just that it should be full of cheerfulness and tranquillity. HAT SAYING OF DIOGNIES EXTREMELY PLEASETH ME WHO SEEING ONE SPRUCEING HIMSELF UP VERY NEATLY TO GO TO A GREAT ENTERTAINMENT ASKED HIM WHETHER EVERY DAY WAS NOT A FESTIVAL TO A GOOD MAN AND CERTAINLY THAT WHICH MAKES IT THE MORE SPLENDID FESTIVAL IS SOBRIETY FOR THE WORLD IS A SPACIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE THIS A MAN IS BROUGHT INTO AS SOON AS HE IS BORN WHERE HE IS NOT TO BE A DULL SPECTATOR OF IMMOVABLE AND LIFELESS IMAGES MADE BY HUMAN HANDS BUT IS TO CONTEMPLATE SUBLIME THINGS WHICH AS PLATO TELLS US THE DIVINE MIND HAS EXHIBITED TO OUR SENSES AS LIKENESSES OF THINGS IN THE IDEAL WORLD HAVING THE PRINCIPLES OF LIFE AND MOTION IN THEMSELVES SUCH AS ARE THE SUN MOON AND STARS RIVERS WHICH ARE SUPPLIED WITH FRESH ACCESSIONS OF WATER AND THE EARTH WHICH WITH A MOTHERLY INDULGENCE SUCKLES THE PLANT AND FEEDS HER SENSITIVE CREATURES NOW SINCE LIFE IS THE INTRODUCTION AND THE MOST PERFECT INITIATION INTO THESE MYSTERIES IT IS BUT JUST THAT IT SHOULD BE FULL OF CHEERFULNESS AND TRANQUILLITY
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