, 1873-12-14
A FAMILIAR QUOTATION.
IsS Origin,

In q COMPANY Of ,ntuiliuent Douplo at tho Hca-
shore lapt Hrinor, 4 o1toalion aroso as to tic
oligln of tho fa,niIiar liflon3
"Thongh Tho mllso tlpd grind slowly,
Yet they grind oxccsdin9 small"
Booka wore not at hand, mud tho question was
passed about with tho result OF curious diyers-
ty i'll tic nnswerH. Quo porson attributed tho
limo to Mrs. Browning, another Baid 1t waa from
tic drool,, und etili anothor courngoo,lnly
credited tho Bontmont II not tho form, 10
tho Old Testament. slngually ouaigh,
no ono OF us ltnow-what would rcadi-
ly have boon found If accoEs conll l,aye t,cca
Ead tu DurllctttH "lanlnr Quotations
tlh lines arc found In 1.ongfcllow, among cor-
tain "roctc aE!lorislns." whore tt III giyen as 8
translation from the 'sinugod'chtu of Friedrich
Won. Logan writer 0f tic seventeenth cen-
tuIy.. , ,,.
{, us noao5o c1a'hstlon i ! Mab naae N tno
,,c n"ull,,ar suosIlons so,heoony @ oro ~ nome
4'Au lenG!t19oteu Wno'o lln Hheh "oloreeai
anolher @ Lag inaistou, notwlthstnndng Io1'g,,
n, .So"n u, tas nta, t.oy noxatenoeaa INV
tn9lr ol'Rln ~ 1no oIegS; X; aIlu naa p1ooncet
~ a nnpport T. ,i';a's a., ulcnnnary o1 OIaaseal
a. ~ Tisn ILL.,, eo T.; ',R autoco,
%o9sou % - elv Iii uuss, n n R,So y. ~ rso
i veln; * ahe 81. ssosn . ~ H. S) VI 'o soas
Eron %',at areoIi author, however, did this
was nl'G;orlnl: therefore, on loo,king INTO Mr.
toio,v pou s oy W @ ,nv ,v t e,so ~
to sao in ,ota Grcnt @ hoxnnator liza frnr tl,o
Hru i1,,+li,& L. f.tn}S
,on.r w uooh p a.'' IL "'"'n
Do'nb ~ "l"nn'"to'.: @ aoa" 10 .o'"Me;
nnan. "S ~ sn, upa Rna .no u. t.'e'r @ nno as'ss
Iso "ofacnla r., a,l shylina" tea % st9ut youumo
dam In 16s9, It IL = collection IN Crock with
Latin translation q, nd what lufpore to DO tho ol
Sipylllnc 1ooKs' lhoso writings had, III fact,
their origin, wo atG told, among cortnin Chris,
latls Or tho sceohd century. Inoy aro contained
in hooks Of hosametnr vorso. The eighth book,
! With q very notluenblo flavor OF tie liohrov
style, begins BY pronns'ng to untold the calami-
| ties Tint sllall heronfter como Upon tile natlonh-
upon Egypt, reis's. iaceaon' s,.a au ~ tor.h,
and last nnon Home; Rome shall grow great anl
oycrsprend tue world, but-and then coincs tho
line hlr' bartlott s'ves;
"rlc mills OF God grind late their fno 9rist."
from tho Crock proverh quoted In Doln tho
search, Therefore, 1t was obvious, mttHt bo COLI
tin,,ct Further.
lilo proycrb in Dohn was ohsorvou to 1ualie q
| complete hoxnnleter; tho metro. therefore.
,uudo it probable that 1t would not 10 found III
the tra;ed;ans. It was oasy to ascertain that 1t
did not boong to Honor or pintlar antl 90, in
dotail to mako suro that It was not in the
ttageaiena Or tho Greek AntAol9gy d A. lust 4!
dialogue i Concerning Such whom God is Slow
to Punish" aud thoro light began to break.
OIyu,picrs, ono uf tic intorlocutors III
this tuloguo, IL 1an,entlng Tho delay in divine
judgments, whereby tluy aoem rather to 70.
alds, II cannot conceive Whit benefit there il
in those nlllstonos Of tlle gods which arc said to
grind 20 late, III thereby celestial punishment IL
oobsoured. nnd tho awe OF oyi-uoing rendered
win md lospicalle." We quote from Prof.
Goolwin's edition Of tho translation Of plu-
talcl's 1Iorals, vol. iv. pago 143. In q note to
thiB paasage tho editor saya: Referring to the
verse, Tie mills Of Ito gods grind iato 6at hey
or;nd fluc." Tho Crock Is oiotod hero by Prof.
Goodwin mud In tic Ba1uo nj that given In Dol,l.
bit hero again wo have no clue to the original
authority; plntarch merely llHos tho pasHago b.
way Of alluslon to 1t aa something already fn
ntinr; asid, moreover, Ao docs not give tho last
Lnlf III it.
lleconrse WIS now bed to the edition, By Prots