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The Wizard

CHAPTER VIII
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Show me your magic and I will show you mine, and we will rule the land between us.
You and I are much akin--we are great; we have the spirit sight; we know that there are things beyond the things we see and hear and feel; whereas, for the rest, they are fools, following the flesh alone.

I have spoken." "Very gladly will I show you my magic, Hokosa," answered Owen cheerfully, "since, to speak truth, though I know you to be wicked, and guess that you would be glad to be rid of me by fair means or foul; yet I have taken a liking for you, seeing in you one who from a sinner may grow into a saint.
"This then is my magic: To love God and serve man; to eschew wizardry, wealth, and power; to seek after holiness, poverty and humility; to deny your flesh, and to make yourself small in the sight of men, that so perchance you may grow great in the sight of Heaven and save your soul alive." "I have no stomach for that lesson," said Hokosa.
"Yet you shall live to hunger for it," answered Owen.

And the wizard went away angered but wondering..


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