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My beloved, the rich man is any virtuous person; the sailors are devils, and the king is God.

records that a certain nobleman enquired of a philosopher how he might perpetuate his name. He answered, that if he should kill an illustrious personage, his name would be eternally remembered. Hearing this, he slew Philip the father of Alexander the Great. But he afterwards came to a miserable end. (45)