Note 6 — Chapter III
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The same remark is the subject of one of the finest passages of Lucretius:—
Praeterea, magnae legiones quom loca cursu Camporum complent, belli simulacra cientes, Fulgur ibi ad cœlum se tollit, totaque circum Aere renidescit tellus, subterque virum vi Excitur pedibus sonitus, clamoreque montes Icti rejectant voces ad sidera mundi; Et circumvolitant equites, mediosque repente Tramittunt, valido quatientes impete, campos; Et tamen est quidam locus altis montibus, unde Stare videntur, et in campis consistere fulgur.