[41] Cf. the sprightly figure of Glaucon in Plato’s Republic, B, x, § 9: “Do you know,” says Socrates, “that our soul is immortal and never dies?” “By Jove, I do not,” replies Glaucon. “Are you prepared to prove that it is?”
[42] Arabia, the Cradle of Islam, Zwemer, xiii.
[43] The rags which are hung on trees or fences near certain tombs suggest the medicinal value of holy places, which attracts men to them from selfish interests.
[44] Talisman, xxviii.
[45] East of the Jordan, Dr. Merrill, p. 496.
[46] Tent Work, p. 314.
[47] Marius the Epicurean, Walter Pater, i. 44.
[48] Rob Roy on the Jordan, p. 260.
[49] Eothen, ch. viii.
[50] Cf. Geschichte des Jüdischen Volkes, Schürer, ii. 819, 820.