Literature abounds in such poetic borrowings from the classics, and it is impossible to enjoy fully the works of some of our best writers if we cannot immediately appreciate their imagery. […] The Greeks and Romans, for instance, lacking the definite knowledge which we obtain from the Scriptures, and still anxious to know everything, were forced to construct, in part, their own theory. […] Open, open, we beseech you!” […] Little by little the world was peopled; and the first years of man’s existence upon earth were, as we have seen, years of unalloyed happiness. […] We lay our hearts before thee evermore — We sing, and we adore!”