[…] the iconoclast sovereigns, strong in the support of an Asiatically recruited army, had added much to the glory of the Empire,

The public conscience demands that they work under healful conditions, with ample light, without overspceding, and with the same provisions for their safety at their work that the employer would desire for himself were he so employed.

In a parallel way the refulgence of Jesus's body at the Transfiguration was miraculous, transitory, like sun lighting up the air.

Were it not a sottish arrogancie, that wee should thinke our selves to be the perfectest thing of this Universe?