He flung his lightning with unerring aim across the great purple sea into Arabia, Africa, and Spain, and northward to the German Ocean and eastward to the land of the Goths.

The genius of this remarkable man had outdone the imagination of priest and poet.

A genius for organization, like that of his illustrious uncle, gave to Augustus a power greater than human hands had yet wielded.
A bit of gossip had travelled far and excited his curiosity.

It spoke of a new king, with power above that of men, who was to conquer the world.

Sayings of certain learned men came out of Judea into the land of lost hope.