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A new edition of Toland's History of the druids: - Free History Ebooks

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LIFE OF TOLAND. 41IJtiU honesturn ant (foreus.S'piritns cum JE<strong>the</strong>reo Patre,A Quo prodiit oUm, vonjungitur:Corpus item naturce cedenb\In 3Iateruo gr^mio reponitur.Ipse vero (Sternum est resurrecturus,.At JdeDifiiturus Tolandas nunqiiam.NatKs Nov. 30, 1070.Ccetcra ex Scriptis pete,TRANSLATION." Here lies John Tolaiid, born in Ireland, near" Londonderry, who in his youth studied in Scot-" land, Ireland, and at Oxford; and, having re-''peatedly visited Germany, spent his manhood*'*'about London. He was a cultivator <strong>of</strong> everykind <strong>of</strong> learning-; and skilled in more than ten" languages: <strong>the</strong> champion <strong>of</strong> truth, and <strong>the</strong> as-*'sertor <strong>of</strong> liberty, but <strong>the</strong> follower or client <strong>of</strong>" none; nor was he ever swayed, ei<strong>the</strong>r by me-" naces or misfortunes, from pursuing <strong>the</strong> path'*which he chalked out to himself, uniformly pre-*' ferring his integrity to his interest. His spirit" is re-united to his heavenly Fa<strong>the</strong>r, from whom'* it formerly proceeded ; his body, yielding to na-" ture, is also re-placed in <strong>the</strong> bosom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> earth.''He himself will undoubtedly arise to eternal life," but will never be <strong>the</strong> same Toland. Born 30tli'*November, 1670. Seek tlie re>st from his writ-''iniis.''

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