Jon Solomon, Allen SmithCLCV 224, Fall 2020Lecture Prep #21) In Cheeshateaumauk’s letter, he talks about how education and refined literature isparamount, and because of the ‘force’ and ‘virtue’ of it we are able to transform “thenature of barbarians” (uncivilized/ evil people) and bring good (‘metamorphosis’) intothem. He then goes on to praising God, saying that Lord has given us a path and hehas given us all knowledge and wisdom there is for us to use for good. He furtherpraises God for giving birth to Jesus Christ, who gives way to ‘truth’ and ‘life’. Lastly,he says that all of us should be merciful, that humans are to spread ‘gospel’ (teachingsof God) to spread hope.2) In Eleazar’s elegy, he mourns the death of a person and recounts his qualities such ashis ‘virtues’ and ‘holy faith’. He then talks about his holy faith (‘Christ’), that amongthe stars he lies ‘glory’ in heaven. And that here on Earth, evil persists around hiscross where his ‘bones rest in the grave’. Eleazar then ends with saying that althoughdust may get the corpse, the virtue, knowledge, and faith the person has left behindwill never be