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424<br />

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT<br />

"they become [p. 250], as it were, servants of<br />

"Him Who doeth according to His will. He<br />

"raiseth up kings, and to him that worketh right-<br />

"eousness He sheweth Himself gracious, and him<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>'s "that workcth wlckcdness and iniquity He de-<br />

the"%rah°- "stroyeth. It is He Who maketh kings to rule,<br />

mans.<br />

"and it is He Who openeth out to them the whole<br />

"world, and it is He Who gathereth together riches<br />

"for them. And, behold, I have opened out the<br />

"boundaries of mighty lands and countries, and<br />

"I have subdued the kings of the earth every-<br />

"where, in the east and in the west, in the south<br />

"and in the north, and I have gathered together<br />

"riches. And I shall leave [all] these things to<br />

"whomsoever cometh after me, even as I have<br />

"received them from him that was before me.<br />

"And God Almighty, the Glorious and Exalted,<br />

"hath decreed these things in His creatures that<br />

"His good will and pleasure may be [wrought] in<br />

"the world, for if He had not desired us to do<br />

"them, and had not holpen' us therein, then nothing<br />

"whatsoever would have been accomplished by us.<br />

"I find that my own soul loveth ease, and tran-<br />

"quillity, and peace, and rest, but the Will of God<br />

"desireth battle, and the gathering together of<br />

"riches, and toil, and the going into peril and<br />

"destruction; and if I were to seek death when<br />

"danger presseth hard upon me, I should not<br />

"find the way thereof And, moreover, it is not<br />

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