And，finally，intheselatterdaysMr。Gladstonehastouchedthesubject。Withthatwell-knownfacilityinbelievinganythinghewishestobelieve，whichheonceshowedinconnectingNeptune’stridentwiththedoctrineoftheTrinity，hefloatsairilyoveralltheimpossibilitiesoftheoriginalBabellegendandalltheconquestsofscience，makesanassertionregardingtheresultsofphilologywhichnophilologistofanystandingwouldadmit，andthenescapesinacloudofrhetoricafterhiswell-knownfashion。

　　This，too，mustbesetdownsimplyasasurvival，forintheBritishIslesaselsewherethetruthhasbeenestablished。SuchmenasMaxMullerandSayceinEngland，——Steinthal，Schleicher，Weber，KarlAbel，andahostofothersinGermany，——AscoliandDeGubernatisinItaly，——andWhitney，withthescholarsinspiredbyhim，inAmerica，havecarriedthenewsciencetoacompletetriumph。ThesonsofYaleUniversitymaywellbeproudofthefactthatthisoldPuritanfoundationwasmadetheheadquartersoftheAmericanOrientalSociety，whichhasdonesomuchforthetruthinthisfield。[420]

　　[420]ForMr。Gladstone’sview，seehisImpregnableRockofHolyScripture，London，1890，pp。241etseq。ThepassageconnectingthetridentofNeptunewiththeTrinityisinhisJuventusMundi。

　　ToanyAmericanboywhoseeshowinevitably，bothamongIndianandwhitefishermen，thefishspeartakesthethree-prongedform，thisutteranceofMr。Gladstoneisamazing。

　　V。SUMMARY。

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