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Can experience add wisdom to instinct? or is it the right of the elder-born, the birthright of the young robin who first breaks the shell? Who has rightly looked into these things? I half remember the story of a beautiful princess who had all imaginable wealth in her stately palace, itself builded up of rare and costly jewels. She had everything that heart could desire, everything but a roc's egg.
His family was there increased by the birth of a daughter, who was both the support of his house, and his consolation; for he lost an elder-born son in infancy....
While the mother might, more than once in a day, differ to fault-finding from her elder-born whom she admired, notwithstanding, as well as loved, from the bottom of her heart she was never KNOWN to say a word in opposition to the younger. It was even whispered that she was afraid of him.
Such were his questions, and Argus, before all his brethren, being fearful for the mission of Aeson's son, gently replied, for he was the elder-born: "Aeetes, that ship forthwith stormy blasts tore asunder, and ourselves, crouching on the beams, a wave drove on to the beach of the isle of Enyalius in the murky night; and some god preserved us.
Yea, with uttermost reverence, as to human understanding, increase of dominion seems increase of power; and day by day new planets are being added to elder-born Saturn, even as six thousand years ago our own Earth made one more in this system; so, in incident, not in essence, may the Infinite himself be not less than more infinite now, than when old Aldebaran rolled forth from his hand.
While the mother might, more than once in a day, differ to fault-finding from her elder-born whom she admired, notwithstanding, as well as loved, from the bottom of her heart she was never KNOWN to say a word in opposition to the younger. It was even whispered that she was afraid of him.
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