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thought is, such is the power that thinks; a power impassive and indiscerpible."
"But the Being, said Nekayah, whom I fear to name, the Being which made the soul, can destroy it."
"He, surely, can destroy it, answered Imlac, since, however unperishable in itself, it receives from a higher nature its power of duration. That it will not perish by any inherent cause or principle of corruption, may be collected from philosophy; but philosophy can tell no more. That it will not be annihilated by him that made it, we must humbly learn from higher authority."
The whole assembly stood a while silent and collected. "Let us return, said Rasselas, from this scene of mortality.
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