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An Egyptian Princess
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CHAPTER XII
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The number seven is engraved upon the simple stone.
This indivisible number represents perfect health, both to soul and body for health is likewise one and indivisible.
[Seven, the "motherless" number, which has no factor below ten.] The sickness of one member is the sickness of all; one evil thought, allowed to take up its abode within our heart, destroys the entire harmony of the soul.

When you see this seven therefore, let it recall my heart's wish that you may ever enjoy undisturbed bodily health, and long retain that loving gentleness which has made you the most virtuous, and therefore the healthiest of men.

No thanks, my father, for even if I could restore to Croesus all the treasures that he once possessed, I should still retrain his debtor.

Gyges, to you I give this Lydian lyre; let its tones recall the giver to your memory.

For you, Zopyrus, I have a golden chain; I have witnessed that you are the most faithful of friends; and we Egyptians are accustomed to place cords and bands in the hands of our lovely Hathor, the goddess of love and friendship, as symbols of her captivating and enchaining attributes.


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