Thus, an _umbraticus doctor_ is one
who has no practical solidity in his teaching. The fatigue and hardship of
real life, in short, is represented by the ancients under the uniform
image of heat, and by the moderns under that of cold.] was stormy, and by
the violence of the wind all the torches of his escort were blown out, so
that the whole party lost their road, having probably at first
intentionally deviated from the main route, and wandered about through the
whole night, until the early dawn enabled them to recover their true
course. The light was still gray and uncertain, as Caesar and his retinue
rode down upon the banks of the fatal river--to cross which with arms in
his hands, since the further bank lay within the territory of the
Republic, _ipso facto_ proclaimed any Roman a rebel and a traitor. No man,
the firmest or the most obtuse, could be otherwise than deeply agitated,
when looking down upon this little brook--so insignificant in itself, but
invested by law with a sanctity so awful, and so dire a consecration. The
whole course of future history, and the fate of every nation, would
necessarily be determined by the irretrievable act of the next half hour.
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