Whose then but that of the Great Pilot of the universe--the Almighty Godhead .-- Do you like my illustration ?" "Very much.

But it only proves what I knew before." "Nevertheless, you must, I think, be pleased to find it so beautifully expressed." "Certainly." "And must admire the wise man who thought out the comparison.
Yes ?--Well, that man again was one of those whom you call heathen, who believed as we believe, and who at the same time worked out the evidence of the foundations of his faith for you as well as himself.

And we, the later disciples of Plato--[Known as the school of the Neo-Platonists]--have gone even further than our master, and in many respects are much nearer to you Christians than you perhaps suspect.
You see at once, of course, that we are no more inclined than you to conceive of the existence of the world and the destiny of man as independent of a God?
However, I dare say you still think that your divinity and ours are as far asunder as the east from the west.

But can you tell me where any difference lies ?" "I do not know," said Ague uneasily.

"I am only an ignorant girl; and who can learn the names even of all your gods ?" "Very true," said Olympius.