entence is a biblical allusion to the words Luke said to Christ. Virgil's usage of a phrase that was spoken to Christ exemplifies the joy he receives after seeing an example Dante's progress.
             A larger scale view of Dante's progress is evident after examination of his early reactions toward the damned compared with his late reactions. One of Dante's earliest reactions towards sinners involves Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. Instead of dismissing them, Dante attempts to converse with them. "...I should be glad to speak a word with those two..." Dante ignores the fact that these sinners are residents of Hell and therefore a
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