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THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET

Stephen N. Haskell

“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.

days of Abraham to Cæsar, and its influence

still lives, a type of sin and bondage.

Leaving Egypt, Cæsar passed along the coast

of Palestine and Asia Minor, receiving the

submission of all peoples with such rapidity

that he sent the famous dispatch to Rome, “I

came, I saw, I conquered” (Veni, Vidi, Vici). He

returned to Rome, where he altered laws,

strengthened the senate, settled disturbances

in the army, and later brought western Africa,

which had revolted, into submission.

Cæsar was an organizer as well as a warrior,

and displayed greater liberality and breadth

of ideas than any previous ruler. Roman

franchise was granted to the citizens of many

cities hitherto excluded, and all scientific men,

of whatever nationality, were equally