Those suffering from depression are rarely the only ones affected, as friends and loved ones are often hurt by bearing witness to the negative transformation of one they deeply value.
The wide extension of the cult is attributable largely to Syrian merchants; thus we find traces of it in the great seaport towns; at Delos especially numerous inscriptions have been found bearing witness to its importance.
The Mazurs are distinguished from the Poles by their lower stature, broad shoulders and massive frame, and still more by their national dress, which has nothing of the smartness of that of the southern Poles, and by their ancient customs; they have also a dialect of their own, containing many words now obsolete in Poland, and several grammatical forms bearing witness to Lithuanian influence.
The adjacent ground to the east and south is covered with foundations, bearing witness to the extent of the ancient city.
The local people lived in great fear and suffering, bearing witness to unspeakable horror of senseless killings and torture.