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Quotation from Christ Legends by Selma Lagerlöf

“In place of it he built a sanctuary to the new-born God-Child, and called it Heaven’s Altar”

Selma Lagerlöf (spoken by Narrator)

Christ Legends, The Emperor's Vision, trans. Velma Swanston Howard (1908)

Portrait of Selma Lagerlöf

The ending of the story: Augustus forbids a temple to himself on the Capitoline Hill and honors the Child instead.

Citation: "In place of it he built a sanctuary to the new-born God-Child, and called it Heaven’s Altar" — Selma Lagerlöf, Christ Legends, The Emperor's Vision, trans. Velma Swanston Howard (1908). (id christ-legends-q4)

Portrait: Atelje Jaeger - Selma Lagerlöf 1928, Atelier Jaeger, Public domain.

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