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_If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand_.

True enough, my lord: but neither can it aspire." The Bishop lifted his eyebrows.

But before he could interpose a word Brother Copas had mounted a hobby and was riding it, whip and spur.
"My lord, when a Hellene built a temple he took two pillars, set them upright in the ground, and laid a third block of stone a-top of them.
He might repeat this operation a few times or a many, according to the size at which he wished to build.