Chapter XXIII
Thus time wore on and many strange characters stopped for awhile to mull over the jewel collection and if possible to make a trade. And always they talked for awhile with Scobee. They imbued him with their uncommon views of life. All were different Some were influenced by old classics. They saw things from oblique aspects. These are some of the thoughts divulged as they lingered in the perfumed paths or walked beside the lily pond.
"Each man, to himself, is the centre of the universe. All things revolve around him. He is a mighty Emperor and his body a small kingdom over which he imagines he rules.
But the body is motivated by forces without,
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