"It is the stale breath of Death on his open and vulnerable neck that immortalizes the hero, that lends a fireside sto…"

"Aster had come to trust the diviner implicitly. The lessons had burned such an indelible mark in her memory that she …"

"Land was to the nomads what a deity is to the initiated: one may draw on its might, but not lay claim to it. Amma her…"

"They questioned why a settled society should behave any differently, why one man should toil in the service of anothe…"

"“Though the uprising had freed the vassals from any obligations they might have had to their former masters, it had y…"

"Though many brave men had sought him out in times of pressing need, the war patriarch had failed to earn their affect…"

"Prayers should be said in common, master and man mistress and maid, rich and poor together, for all are equal before …"

"For the purpose of effecting Israel's redemption God did not disdain to appear in a place where there were images of …"

"David advisedly calls one of his Psalms (Psalm 90) 'A prayer of Moses, the man of God,' and another Psalm (Psalm 102)…"

"Moses, before he left Egypt, succeeded in securing for the Israelites the observance of rest on the Sabbath, by point…"