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Eureka AN EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE |
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Chapter 9 Section 1 Subsection 10 "Their Teeth were as of Lions" |
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This indicated their ferocity. Nothing could successfully resist
them in their ravening upon the prey. The Star styled his
first vizier, Ali, the Lion of God. "Who," says
Mohammed, "will be my Vizier and Lieutenant?" "O
prophet," replied Ali, "I am the man. Whoever rises
against thee, I will dash out his teeth, tear out his eyes,
break his legs, rip up his belly. O prophet, I will be thy
Vizier." "These words," says Hallam, "are,
as it were, a text upon which the commentary expands into
the whole Saracenic history." The spirit of Ali was the
spirit of the lion, and became the spirit of the hosts he
led to battle, who were equally entitled with him to the appellation
of the lions of God.
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