English Conferences of Ernest Renan: Rome and Christianity. Marcus Aurelius

ROME AND CHRISTIANITY.
MARCUS AURELIUS.
TRANSLATED BY CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT.
BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY. 1880.
Copyright, 1880, By JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY.
Franklin Press: Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co., Boston .
NOTE.
The lectures contained in this volume were delivered by M. Ernest Renan in London during April of the present year. The first four, upon Rome and Christianity, were given under the auspices of The Hibbert Foundation, in response to an invitation under which the distinguished author visited England. The fifth, Marcus Aurelius, was incidental to the visit, and was given before The Royal Institution. The word Conferences, though somewhat new to English usage in its present sense, has been retained as best expressing the author's original title, Conferences d'Angleterre .
FIRST CONFERENCE,
London, April 6, 1880.
THE SENSE IN WHICH CHRISTIANITY IS A ROMAN WORK.