Hisbreastisfortifiedbytheausterevirtuesofcourage，patience，andsobriety；theloveofindependencepromptshimtoexercisethehabitsofself—command；andthefearofdishonorguardshimfromthemeanerapprehensionofpain，ofdanger，andofdeath。Thegravityandfirmnessofthemindisconspicuousinhisoutwarddemeanor；hisspeechislow，weighty，andconcise；heisseldomprovokedtolaughter；hisonlygestureisthatofstrokinghisbeard，thevenerablesymbolofmanhood；andthesenseofhisownimportanceteacheshimtoaccosthisequalswithoutlevity，andhissuperiorswithoutawe。^34ThelibertyoftheSaracenssurvivedtheirconquests:thefirstcaliphsindulgedtheboldandfamiliarlanguageoftheirsubjects；theyascendedthepulpittopersuadeandedifythecongregation；norwasitbeforetheseatofempirewasremovedtotheTigris，thattheAbbasidesadoptedtheproudandpompousceremonialofthePersianandByzantinecourts。
[Footnote31:Saraceni……mulieresaiuntineosregnare，ExpositiototiusMundi，p。3，inHudson，tom。iii。ThereignofMaviaisfamousinecclesiasticalstoryPocock，Specimen，p。69，83。]
[Footnote32:ThereportofAgatharcides，deMariRubro，p。63，64，inHudson，tom。i。DiodorusSiculus，tom。i。l。iii。c。47，p。215，andStrabo，l。xvi。p。1124。ButImuchsuspectthatthisisoneofthepopulartales，orextraordinaryaccidents，whichthecredulityoftravellerssooftentransformsintoafact，acustom，andalaw。]
[Footnote33:NongloriabanturantiquitusArabes，nisigladio，hospite，eteloquentiaSephadiusapudPocock，Specimen，p。161，162。ThisgiftofspeechtheysharedonlywiththePersians；andthesententiousArabswouldprobablyhavedisdainedthesimpleandsublimelogicofDemosthenes。]
[Footnote34:ImustremindthereaderthatD\'Arvieux，D\'Herbelot，andNiebuhr，represent，inthemostlivelycolors，themannersandgovernmentoftheArabs，whichareillustratedbymanyincidentalpassagesintheLifeofMahomet。