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2 54 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"longeth thereunto, and in the children of Adam<br />

"the nature which belongeth to each. Know this,<br />

"O Two-horned."<br />

Then the Two-horned again asked the angel,<br />

saying, "Do the righteous pass by this mountain<br />

"when they go to the throne of God, the Merciful.-^"<br />

The aneel said, "There is neither door nor road<br />

"therein, and none can travel beyond this mountain.<br />

The track- "neither from our side' nor from thine." And<br />

tl^n.<br />

""""'the Two-horned said unto the angel, "I desire thee<br />

"to tell me the meaning of the words. The<br />

"sun rises beyond it? moreover, who hath been<br />

"there and seen it?" The angel answered and<br />

said unto him, "O Two-horned, ^ know that among<br />

"all mountains there is none which is greater<br />

"than this, and that God maketh all mountains to<br />

"spring from it. And 1 tell thee that this mountain<br />

Its height, "towereth up into heaven to a height of eighty<br />

"thousand stadia, and no man is able to ascend<br />

"to the top thereof and that if any man were to<br />

"scale the top he would either be consumed by<br />

"the flames of the sun, or he would suffer (.'') until<br />

"he perished therein. For the top of the mountain<br />

"reacheth unto [the end ofl] the first heaven, the<br />

"heaven of this world, and at the base it reacheth<br />

"unto the seventh earth, and the mountain itself<br />

"encircleth all the world like a rine. And had it<br />

"not been that God Almighty in His might hath<br />

"given me this power which I have, I should not<br />

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