A fable among the Turks says that Mohammed, when a child, had
his heart laid open, and a black grain, called the devil’s
portion, taken out of its center; and in this heroic way the
prophet’s preeminent virtue and sanctity are accounted for.
A new heart entire, through the regeneration of the Holy Ghost, far
surpasses the Moslem’s fabled operation.
(1368)
=Heart, Summer in the=--See SUMMER IN THE HEART.