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 have ample proof, however, to believe that the ancient people got more truth than we, because they were more quiet, not talking so much about this truth as we do. And it is our saddest hearts of modem age to discuss all days and nights on it and rarely agree with the others; we have found it so difficult to seek it. There will be no more talking about it when we have it right before us; indeed, what necessity have we then to talk about it, when we see it clear like the big sun of summer day?

We see many a one hurrying the East to look after truth; another to the West for the same purpose. One stops in one place; the other journeys far and distant. It is a pity to laugh over their restlessness with good intention; but restlessness is always a tax that fools have to pay. I will say to them: “Be composed and cool, my friends, and leam that descending is only the way of ascension. Not to seek truth is the shortest cut to get it. And if you want it you can find it anywhere in the world, even in the dusts of a street. You may ask me, then, how and where to find it. Rh