Hiswas destitute of that dread which has been erroneously decried as if it were nothing higher than a man’s animal care for his own skin: that awe of the Divine Nemesis which was felt by religious pagans, and, though it took a more positive form under , is still felt by the mass of mankind simply as a vagueat anything which is called wrong-doing. Such terror of the unseen is so far above mere sensualthat it will annihilate that cowardice: it is the initial recognition of a restraining , and checks the hard bold scrutiny of imperfectinto obligations which can never be proved to have any sanctity in the abscence of feeling.