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32 its birth. There it was that Vespasian, who was aiming at the supreme power, conferred with him on the art of governing, and that Apollonius incurred the jealous hatred of Euphrates, a man who had been one of his earliest admirers, but who had now become the confidential adviser of Vespasian, wishing him to restore the old Roman commonwealth. Apollonius, however, like a true disciple of Pythagoras, is but indifferently liberal in his views. In his eyes, an enlightened despotism is the best form of government. "The rule of one man, who watches over the good of all," is the secret of true democracy. It is hardly necessary to add that Vespasian is of the same opinion.

About the same period our soothsayer and philosopher recognised the King Amasis under the form of a tame lion, and caused royal honours to be paid to him. Then he sailed up the Nile, followed by the most courageous of his disciples, and from the deck of his ship delivers a series of religious addresses. It was like an exposition of his religious belief. Eventually he reached the country of the