They are the same means to the same end, the welfare and harmony of mankind.

You listen to me rapt and intent--the light begins to dawn upon you.' Apaecides remained silent, but the changes rapidly passing over his speaking countenance betrayed the effect produced upon him by the words of the Egyptian--words made tenfold more eloquent by the voice, the aspect, and the manner of the man.
'While, then,' resumed Arbaces, 'our fathers of the Nile thus achieved the first elements by whose life chaos is destroyed, namely, the obedience and reverence of the multitude for the few, they drew from their majestic and starred meditations that wisdom which was no delusion: they invented the codes and regularities of law--the arts and glories of existence.

They asked belief; they returned the gift by civilization.

Were not their very cheats a virtue! Trust me, whosoever in yon far heavens of a diviner and more beneficent nature look down upon our world, smile approvingly on the wisdom which has worked such ends.

But you wish me to apply these generalities to yourself; I hasten to obey the wish.