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 makes all things subservient to his will; and yet here he is, trapped by the guile of a rat, which combined the speed of the flying hare with the repose of a blushing girl. Wherein then lies his superior intelligence?”





said, “I am able to nourish my divine spirit.” That spirit may lodge in a specified area; but its volume fills all space. For him who possesses it, the honours of princes and kings,