Now in Vergilius and in many of that time the human heart had dropped its plummet into new depths of feeling, the human mind had made a reach for nobler principles.

A greater love between men and women, spreading mysteriously, had been as the uplift of a mighty wave on the deep of the spirit.

It had broadened the sympathy of man; it had extended his vision beyond selfish limits.

Vergilius and Arria had crossed the boundary of barbaric evolution under the leadership of love.

The young man was now in the borderland of new attainment.