High among the clouds, God turned sadly to Moses. “You Jews,” He said wearily, “you do not understand beauty. With you it is either glory or despair.” And with a sigh He looked westward to the blue Ægean. Warm and gold the sunlight lay over Greece. THE END TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Perceived typographical errors have been corrected. Archaic or variant spelling has been retained. New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.