In the Life of Saint Guthlac, written around 740, Guthlac is beset by demons, whereupon he "sang the first verse of the sixty-seventh psalm as if prophetically, 'Let God arise,' etc."
They are to be admired and pitied, as one would pity and admire a being at once night and day, without eyes beneath his lashes but with a star on his brow.
As always, there are the power worshippers, especially among historians, who are predisposed to admire whatever is strong, who feel more attracted to the might of Rome than to the subtlety of Greece.
The obstinate spirit which does not give in to the character of this field should be admired by us for ever, and it is the basis when we explore modern ways for the rural society too.