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134<br />

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"them] dieth we bury him in the place wherein he<br />

"lived; thus our graves are our houses. And our<br />

"God knoweth that we desire this more than the<br />

"lust for food and meat which all men have; this<br />

"is our life and manner of dwelling in the darkness<br />

"of our tombs."<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>'s Aud again <strong>Alexander</strong> asked a Brahman, saying,<br />

tion.<br />

'"" "Tell me what I ask thee: Which men are the<br />

"more numerous, those that are dead, or those<br />

"that are alive?" And the Brahman spake unto<br />

him through an interpreter, saying, "Those who<br />

"have died and gone to their rest. For they<br />

"are the more numerous because of the length of<br />

"the period of time [which hath gone by], for the<br />

"days which have passed over the world are many,<br />

"and those which now live are fewer. For the<br />

"generation which will come hereafter is not to<br />

"be counted among those who are now alive—and<br />

"dost thou not know that thy legions are few in<br />

"our sight.-* and thus it cometh to pass that those<br />

"who are like unto thee are [not] more numerous<br />

"than the dead."<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>'s Aud again he asked another of their men,<br />

ti°on. ''""'saying, "Is death mightier than life, or is life<br />

"mightier than death ?"^ And the interpreter spake<br />

unto him, saying, "O king, life is said to be<br />

"mightier than death." <strong>Alexander</strong> said unto him,<br />

"How knowest thou this?" And he said unto<br />

' Gr. live? apa irXeiovei; eicTiv, oi Idjvrec, P) oi veKpoi.<br />

' Gr. Ti apa iaxupoiepov 6 Gdvaio? r\ f\ £air|.

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