It was "no Curtius leap, but mutton madness," and the hotheads are compared to the Gadarene swine.
The narrative of Prof. Curtius' work is flowing and animated, and the generalizations, although bold, are philosophical and sound.
I cannot doubt that you are repelled, my Curtius, by this account of a worship of such simplicity as to amount almost to poverty.
All piled upon poor Curtius, who thought to have saved them all!
Tiros will be comforted by hearing that if Curtius is less pleasant to read than Livy, he is also less difficult.
