THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MAN.
Id is told of Dabshelim, the king, that hi& library was so large it required a hundred brachnuns to care for it, and a thousand dromedaries to transport it. He ordered all useless matter to be weede d out, and after thirty years' labor it was reduced to the carrying capacity of thirty camels. StiH appalled by the number of volumes, he ordered it to be condensed to a single dromedary load, and when the task was completed age had crept upon him and death awaited him. Then Bidby offered to compress the whole into a minute's reading. He wrote : 1. The greater part of science consists of but a single word — perhaps ; the whole history of man contains but three — born, suffered, died ! 2. Love nothing Kit what is good, and do all ihou lovest to do ; think nothing but what is true, and speak not all thou thinkest. 3. Oh, rulers ! tame your passions, govern yourselves, and it will be only chill's play to govern the world. 4. Oh, rulers ! Oh, people ! it can never be repeated often enough to you that there 13 no happiness without virtue, and no virtue without the fe-ir of God.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1213, 13 January 1886, Page 5
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203THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MAN. Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1213, 13 January 1886, Page 5
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