THE CELT AND THE HUN. [To THE EDITOR OS TER
"Srsoriroa.1 SIB, I think your readers will like to see the enclosed extract from " Not only was their national unity recognized but feebly as a con- necting bond, but the individual communities were deficient in unity of purpose and steady control, in earnest spirit and consistency of aim. The only organization to which they wore suited was the military. in which the bonds of discipline relieved the individual from the troubles some necessity of self-control. Cato the Elder briefly describes them ; The Celts devote themselves mainly to two things, fighting and esprit. Such qualities—those of good soldiers, but of bad citizens—explain the historical fact that the Colts have shaken all states and have founded none. . . . Everything was made subservient to ostentation, even wounds, which were often enlarged for the purpose of boasting a broader scar. . . . All their enterprises melted away like snow In spring, and they nowhere created a great state or developed a distinctive culture of their own.' "
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