In our bodies, a bold projecting brow falls off to and indicates a corresponding depth of thought.
Jovinian thus indicates a natural and vigorous reaction against the exaggerated asceticism of the 4th century, a protest shared by Helvidius and Vigilantius.
It indicates better than any water hereabouts the absolute progress of the season, being least affected by transient changes of temperature.
The slaying of the Minotaur by Theseus in that case indicates the abolition of such sacrifice by the advance of Greek civilization.
Tradition indicates Selby as the birth-place of Henry I., and thus accounts for the high privileges conferred upon the abbey.