Transcriber's Note
There are a few Greek words in this text, which may require adjustment of your browser settings to display correctly. Hover your mouse over words underlined with a faint red dotted line to see a transliteration.
There are a small number of characters with diacritical marks in the text, for example ǎ or ē; you may need to adjust your browser settings for them to display properly.
The original text indicated omitted text with varied numbers of spaced periods; this convention has been retained.