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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
empire, to the fullest extent it was ever

possessed by any of the Persian kings.” —

Prideaux, Vol. I, p. 378. His dominion was

great, including “the greater portion of the

then known habitable world;” and he did

according to his will. His will led him, B. C. 323,

into a drunken debauch, as the result of which

he died as the fool dieth; and his vainglorious

and ambitious projects went into sudden,

total, and everlasting eclipse. The kingdom

was divided, but not for his posterity; it was

plucked up for others besides those. Within

fifteen years after his death, all his posterity

had fallen victims to the jealousy and ambition

of his leading generals. Not one of the race of

Alexander was left to breathe upon the earth.

So short is the transit from the highest

pinnacle of earthly glory to the lowest depths

of oblivion and death. The kingdom was rent