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138 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

The Brah- And <strong>Alexander</strong> spake unto them, saying, "Ask<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>^ "of ^6 whatsoever ye will and I will give it unto<br />

to give them»_ ji^^^ they Said unto him, "We ask thee to<br />

immortality. •' ^<br />

"make us immortal".' He said unto them, "What<br />

"man is able to live without death, seeing that<br />

"death is inherent in his body?" They said unto<br />

him, "If thou knowest these things why dost thou<br />

"kill the people of the earth? And when thou<br />

"hast overcome and slain all the people which are<br />

"on the earth, whither wouldst thou go therewith,<br />

"for when thou diest must thou not leave it unto<br />

"others?" Then <strong>Alexander</strong> said unto them, "No<br />

"one hath the power [to do] it, and no one is<br />

"able to do it except the glorious God, Who<br />

"doeth unto His creation according as He pleaseth.<br />

"Know ye not that the waves and seas only lift<br />

"themselves up when the wind bloweth upon them<br />

"and raiseth up billows, and that the leaves of the<br />

"trees only shake when the wind bloweth upon<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> "them ? Even so man can do nothing at all exreasons<br />

. - ,., .^^^ _^ 'rT<br />

with the"cept by the will of the Creator. Now if I were<br />

ra mans.<br />

,.j.^ giyQ up fighting [other] men would not do<br />

"so, because God Almighty hath implanted the<br />

"love of war in their hearts, and if it were not<br />

"so the world would not be in a rieht state.''<br />

sky were their possessions. When they were hungry, they<br />

ate of the fruit of treeSj when they were thirsty they drank<br />

of the water of the Euphrates, and each man visited his wife<br />

once a month until two children were born to him.<br />

' Gr. A61; fi|uTv dGavaffiav.<br />

^ Gr. Katu) oijv TrauffaaBai GeXuj toO TToXeiaeTv, dXX' ouk

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