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New Chapters in Greek History.
[Chap. XIV.
have carried them to the highest shrine of their religion.
Even the Roman and Greek churches, which in so many
ways carry on the customs of pagan religion, do not pro-
vide any fortune-telling apparatus. Prayer and purifica-
tion, sacrifice and mystery, all survive in Christendom,
but the oracles are dumb, and the needs which they
supplied have to find satisfaction elsewhere.
New Chapters in Greek History.
[Chap. XIV.
have carried them to the highest shrine of their religion.
Even the Roman and Greek churches, which in so many
ways carry on the customs of pagan religion, do not pro-
vide any fortune-telling apparatus. Prayer and purifica-
tion, sacrifice and mystery, all survive in Christendom,
but the oracles are dumb, and the needs which they
supplied have to find satisfaction elsewhere.