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40 So it would be improper if our master abruptly left the forest which was won by his ancestors and has been so long in the family. For they say:

"Besides, many kinds of sounds are heard here. Yet they are nothing but noises, not a warning of danger. For example, we hear the sounds made by thunder, wind among the reeds, lutes, drums, tambourines, conch-shells, bells, wagons, banging doors, machines, and other things. They are nothing to be afraid of. As the verse says:

And again:

And once again:

And yet again:

Do not act as does the grass-blade,
 * Lacking honest pride,