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Bethink thee, therefore, what manner of man thou art, rather than of whom thou wast born. And if perchance thine own counsels are troubled at so grievous a chance, be thou obedient unto mine." "Be of good courage and hope," she said; "the King was stunned by the suddenness of the blow, but the iron entered not deep into the flesh, and he came speedily to himself.
For then thou didst walk with God; Then thou wast better than all the world; but now thou art in the relapse! Hence note, That though the days of affliction, of temptation and distress, are harsh to flesh and blood; yet they are not half so dangerous as are the days of peace and liberty.
They were sometimes in the habit of addressing the dead, as if they could hear. The following are the words of a mother as she bends over her only son to look for the last time upon his beloved face: "My son, listen once more to the words of thy mother. Thou wast brought into life with her pains, thou wast nourished with her life. She has attempted to be faithful in raising you up.
"O brother, O friend!" said he, "I thank thee for thy matchless beneficence to me; for all which I rewarded thee with this little spot on my hill-top. Thou wast very good, very kind. It would not have been well for thee, a youth of fiery joys and passions, loving to laugh, loving the lightness and sparkling brilliancy of life, to take this boon to thyself; for, O brother!
He answered, and said: 'I saw thou wast very busy, and I did not wish to add to thy cares. Whereupon my father said, 'May it be the will of the Lord to keep thee alive forever, and the blessing was realized." The difficulties were increased when the flood began to toss the ark from side to side. All inside of it were shaken up like lentils in a pot.
He was no better than a prisoner here, he only marvelled that the King retained so wretched a jester, with so heavy a heart. "Once thou wast in favour," said Ambrose. "Methought thou couldst have availed thyself of it to speak for the Lord Cardinal." "What? A senseless cur whom he kicked from him," said Randall. "'Twas that took all spirit from me, boy.
But come now, declare me this and plainly tell it all; whither wast thou borne wandering, and to what shores of men thou camest; tell me of the people and of their fair-lying cities, of those whoso are hard and wild and unjust, and of those likewise who are hospitable and of a god-fearing mind.
Then the lama raised his head, and looked forth across them into space and emptiness. 'And I am a Follower of the Way, he said bitterly. 'The sin is mine and the punishment is mine. I made believe to myself for now I see it was but make-belief that thou wast sent to me to aid in the Search. So my heart went out to thee for thy charity and thy courtesy and the wisdom of thy little years.
But mark, let them 'requite their parents. There are three things for which, as long as thou livest, thou wilt be a debtor to thy parents. For thy being in this world. They are they from whom, immediately under God, thou didst receive it. For their care to preserve thee when thou wast helpless, and couldst neither care for, nor regard thyself.
Then I would approach the windows of thy dwelling and contemplate thee as thou wast seated in thy favorite apartment.
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