It has removed not a few perplexities, and has solved not a few difficulties which press hard on many thinkers. […] No offering was made in which Hestia had not her share. […] A house which Athene constructed did not please Momus because it was not movable, and, therefore, could not be taken from a bad neighborhood. […] It is believed the number of the Avatars will not exceed ten. […] Much would be lost had Iceland not been burst up from the sea, not been discovered by the Northmen!”