. The Burton Holmes lectures;. ARRIVED reminders of the good thathas been wrought by thechurch in centuriesthat are no we looked fora last time on theweird, fantas-tic region of WMKRE MONKS LIKK MC)NKliVS SCKAMBLK UP 334 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY the Meteora, its titanic crags crowning the crumbhng for-tresses of a faith destined long to survive the ruin of itsmedieval strongholds, the thought came that just as theGreek faith can look with equanimity upon the loss ofits lands and the slow disintegration of its temples, so canthe Greek spirit, enduring as a mighty rock, look tranquilly. T
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. ARRIVED reminders of the good thathas been wrought by thechurch in centuriesthat are no we looked fora last time on theweird, fantas-tic region of WMKRE MONKS LIKK MC)NKliVS SCKAMBLK UP 334 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY the Meteora, its titanic crags crowning the crumbhng for-tresses of a faith destined long to survive the ruin of itsmedieval strongholds, the thought came that just as theGreek faith can look with equanimity upon the loss ofits lands and the slow disintegration of its temples, so canthe Greek spirit, enduring as a mighty rock, look tranquilly. THE METEORON upon the petty disasters of the present. The Greek religionis enshrined in the hearts of the Greek people ; but the trueGreek spirit survives not in the hearts of those who are Greekby birth, but in the hearts of all the worlds great men ofthought and action, men who are Greek by the divine rightof mind. The real Greeks of to-day are the men who are THE WONDERS OF THESSALY
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