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 336. But yesterday a man was and to-day he is not: that is the wonder of wonders in this world.

337. Man knoweth not if he shall last the next minute: but his thoughts are more than ten million.

338. The fledgeling abandoneth the broken shell of the egg and flieth away: that is the symbol of the love between the soul and the body.

339. Death is like unto a sleep: and life is like the waking after that sleep.

340. Hath the soul no home of its own, that it taketh shelter in this worthless body?

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