And，finally，intheselatterdaysMr。Gladstonehastouchedthesubject。Withthatwell-knownfacilityinbelievinganythinghewishestobelieve，whichheonceshowedinconnectingNeptune’stridentwiththedoctrineoftheTrinity，hefloatsairilyoveralltheimpossibilitiesoftheoriginalBabellegendandalltheconquestsofscience，makesanassertionregardingtheresultsofphilologywhichnophilologistofanystandingwouldadmit，andthenescapesinacloudofrhetoricafterhiswell-knownfashion。
This，too，mustbesetdownsimplyasasurvival，forintheBritishIslesaselsewherethetruthhasbeenestablished。SuchmenasMaxMullerandSayceinEngland，——Steinthal，Schleicher，Weber，KarlAbel，andahostofothersinGermany，——AscoliandDeGubernatisinItaly，——andWhitney，withthescholarsinspiredbyhim，inAmerica，havecarriedthenewsciencetoacompletetriumph。ThesonsofYaleUniversitymaywellbeproudofthefactthatthisoldPuritanfoundationwasmadetheheadquartersoftheAmericanOrientalSociety，whichhasdonesomuchforthetruthinthisfield。[420]
[420]ForMr。Gladstone’sview，seehisImpregnableRockofHolyScripture，London，1890，pp。241etseq。ThepassageconnectingthetridentofNeptunewiththeTrinityisinhisJuventusMundi。
ToanyAmericanboywhoseeshowinevitably，bothamongIndianandwhitefishermen，thefishspeartakesthethree-prongedform，thisutteranceofMr。Gladstoneisamazing。
V。SUMMARY。