"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎٣‎٦] (٣٩٠/٥٧)

3G
PEKSIA IN
ness ; and virtue will maintain the eternal
peace and harmony of the universe.
" The theology of Zoroaster was darkly com
prehended by foreigners, and even by the far
greater number of his disciples; but the most
careless observers were struck with the philo
sophic simplicity of the Persian worship.
* That people,' says Herodotus, 4 rejects the
use of temples, of altars, and of statues, and
smiles at the folly of those nations who ima
gine that the gods are sprung from, or bear
any affinity with, the human nature. The tops
of the highest mountains are the places chosen
for sacrifices. Hymns and prayers are the
principal worship ; the Supreme God, who fills
the wide circle of heaven, is the object to
whom they are addressed.' Yet, at the same
time, in the true spirit of a polytheist, he
accuses them of adoring earth, water, fire, the
winds, and the sun and the moon. But the
Persians of every age have denied the charge,
and explained the equivocal conduct which
might appear to give a colour to it. The ele
ments, and more particularly fire, light, and
the sun, whom they call Mithra, were the