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204 24. Great is Wickedness—I find I often admire it, just as
 * much as I admire goodness,
 * Do you call that a paradox? It certainly is a paradox.

25. The eternal equilibrium of things is great, and the
 * eternal overthrow of things is great,
 * And there is another paradox.

26. Great is Life, real and mystical, wherever and whoever,
 * Great is Death—sure as Life holds all parts together,
 * Death holds all parts together,
 * Death has just as much purport as Life has,
 * Do you enjoy what Life confers? you shall enjoy what
 * Death confers,
 * I do not understand the realities of Death, but I know
 * they are great,
 * I do not understand the least reality of Life—how then
 * can I understand the realities of Death?



1. man came to me with a message from his
 * brother,
 * How should the young man know the whether and
 * when of his brother?
 * Tell him to send me the signs.

2. And I stood before the young man face to face, and
 * took his right hand in my left hand, and his left
 * hand in my right hand,