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Art thou? or art thou not? I see thee not; I hear thee not; I feel thee not; eyes, ears, hands, are worthless to test thy being; and if thou art, thou art something beyond all human thought to compass.
We must have other faculties to know thee by. Why, thou art not even a sightless sound; not the echo of an echo; here are thy bones.
Donjalolo, methinks I see thee fallen upon by assassins:--which of thy fathers riseth to the rescue? I see thee dying:--which of them telleth thee what cheer beyond the grave? But they have gone to the land unknown.
Meet phrase.
Where is it? Not one of Oro's priests telleth a straight story concerning it; 'twill be hard finding their paradises.
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