displacing
the old
ideal of
the
patriot
and hero
who,
forgetful
of self,
lives and
is ready
to die for
the good
of his
country.
The
earthly
city
seemed
poor and
contemptible
to men
whose eyes
beheld the
City of
God coming
in the
clouds of
heaven.
Thus the
centre of
gravity,
so to say,
was
shifted
from the
present to
a future
life, and
however
much the
other
world may
have
gained,
there can
be little
doubt that
this one
lost
