THE LITTLE HORN OF THE EAST. An Exposition of Dan. viii. 9—26, BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT ROMAN ECLIPSE." LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. 1883. 10144.2./ PREFACE. WHATEVER parallel there may be in the early triumphs After second paragraph, p. 15. Besides the change in v. 9, thus demanded by the grammar, we propose another, as certainly allowable, and as furnishing an important link with v. 3. For them let us read those -there being no doubt that the 3rd personal pronoun can be taken demonstratively— when the clause will stand thus-' Out of the first of those."? 2 "Like the Latin, is, this pronoun hu, points out a definite person or thing already mentioned, or well-known from the context. It thus differs from ze, which answers to the Greek this, pointing to a person or thing present or near." (Gesenius Lexicon). really is so-though never to any considerable extent accepted-has been the view of some; and to discuss and support it is the object of the present work. It will soon appear-and for this we expect little toleration from some-that, as regards Mohammed himself, we endorse the old view of his being a bad man and a bold impostor. Progress, enlightenment, liberality—so much proclaimed here, as in other cases—are doubtless most excellent, and well worthy of being promoted by all means consistent with truth. But what if the progress be all to the left hand, and the enlightenment and liber PREFACE. WHATEVER parallel there may be in the early triumphs of Mohammedanism to the spread of Christianity, far more decided than any apparent analogy is the contrast which the two systems present. "My kingdom is not of this world" is a fundamental principle of the one; while the exact contrary would be the truth as to the other. "He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death -was the keynote of our Lord's career. "He magnified himself, and destroyed wonderfully”—is the counterpart as it appears in Mohammed. Islam, in short, burst upon the world far more as a policy" than a religion. Religion might be the groundwork and the instrument; dominion was the substantial object. Our question now is, whether this remarkable phenomenon be the thing indicated by Daniel's vision of the Little Horn in the palace of Shushan? That it really is so-though never to any considerable extent accepted-has been the view of some; and to discuss and support it is the object of the present work. It will soon appear—and for this we expect little toleration from some-that, as regards Mohammed himself, we endorse the old view of his being a bad man and a bold impostor. Progress, enlightenment, liberality—so much proclaimed here, as in other cases-are doubtless most excellent, and well worthy of being promoted by all means consistent with truth. But what if the progress be all to the left hand, and the enlightenment and liber |