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The Spoken Discourse May Roll On Strongly As The Great Tidal Wave; But, Like The Wave, It Dies At Last Feebly On The Sands. It Is Heard By Few, Remembered By Still Fewer, And Fades Away, Like An Echo In The Mountains, Leaving No Token Of Power. It Is The Written Human Speech, That Gave Power And Permanence To Human Thought.

There Are No Temptations From Which Assailed Virtue May Not Gain Strength, Instead Of Falling Before Them, Vanquished And Subdued.

Know Thou The Self (spirit) As Riding In A Chariot, The Body As The Chariot. Know Thou The Intellect As The Chariot-driver, And The Mind As The Reins. The Senses, They Say, Are The Horses; The Objects Of Sense, What They Range Over. The Self Combined With Senses And Mind Wise Men Call "the Enjoyer.

War Is A Series Of Catastrophes Which Result In Victory.

The Doctrines Of The Bible Are Often Not Clothed In The Language Of Strict Truth, But In That Which Was Fittest To Convey To A Rude And Ignorant People The Practical Essentials Of The Doctrine.