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I. SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS:
Introduction, with Complete List of the 'Suspiria' 1
1. The Dark Interpreter 7
2. The Solitude of Childhood 13
3. Who is this Woman that beckoneth and warneth
me from the Place where she is, and in whose eyes
is Woeful Remembrance? I guess who she is 16
4. The Princess who overlooked one Seed in a Pomegranate 22
5. Notes for 'Suspiria' 24

II. THE LOVELIEST SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S EYES 29

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III. WHY THE PAGANS COULD NOT INVEST THEIR GODS WITH
ANY IOTA OF GRANDEUR 33

IV. ON PAGAN SACRIFICES 39

V. ON THE MYTHUS 43

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VI. DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE--THE POLITICS OF
THE SITUATION 47

VII. THE JEWS AS A SEPARATE PEOPLE 62

VIII. 'WHAT IS TRUTH?' THE JESTING PILATE SAID--A FALSE GLOSS 68

IX. WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE 71

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X. MURDER AS A FINE ART 77

XI. ANECDOTES--JUVENAL 85

XII. ANNA LOUISA 89

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XIII. SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOGRAPHY 100

XIV. GREAT FORGERS: CHATTERTON AND WALPOLE, AND 'JUNIUS' 125

XV. DANIEL O'CONNELL 132

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XVI. FRANCE PAST AND FRANCE PRESENT 143

XVII. ROME'S RECRUITS AND ENGLAND'S RECRUITS 147

XVIII. NATIONAL MANNERS AND FALSE JUDGMENT OF THEM 163

XIX. INCREASED POSSIBILITIES OF SYMPATHY IN THE PRESENT AGE 165

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XX. THE PRINCIPLE OF EVIL 168

XXI. ON MIRACLES