Note 6 — Chapter XVI · THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND HEATHENISM.
George Eliot translation
“Hæ sane vires amicitiæ mortis contemptum ingenerare ... potuerunt: quibus pene tantum venerationis, quantum Deorum immortalium ceremoniis debetur. Illis enim publica salus, his privata continetur.”—Valerius Max. l. iv. c. 7. ↑