It has removed not a few perplexities, and has solved not a few difficulties which press hard on many thinkers. […] They had sanctuaries in many parts of Greece. […] After many disappointments they were reunited, and Zeus made her immortal. […] Each of these gods, as well as the many others connected with the sun, had his own specific character. […] They think the soul will transmigrate many times before being finally united to Brahma.

Finally, metaphorical language understood literally may have given occasion to many legends. […] It is rather a loose collection of various images and fables, many of which are significant of the same objects. […] These were seven herds of oxen, and as many flocks of sheep, fifty in each flock and herd : they neither bred nor died. […] This fanciful exposition will probably not prove satisfactory to many readers. […] In truth many a tale seems to be allegorical which was never meant to be so by its author, and many a tale is allegorical in which the vulgar discern nothing but amusing narrative.