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BY JOSEPH BEN-GORION. 425<br />

"of my own wish that I do these things, for it is<br />

"God Almighty Who moveth me thereto. If God<br />

"Ahiiighty, the Glorious and Exalted, were not<br />

"[to place such thoughts] in the hearts of men<br />

"and so move them to labour, the work of the<br />

"world would never be carried on. And if God<br />

"had not implanted in them the love of gathering<br />

"together, and of hoping, and of labouring therein,<br />

"none of the works connected with the sowing<br />

"and planting of the world would ever be done,<br />

"and men would be weary of every toil wherein<br />

"they labour, and they would never desire the<br />

"fatigue of journeying or travelling by land or by<br />

"sea. And if men did not these things then none<br />

"of them would find anything which he [p. 251]<br />

"desired either for his daily bread, or for the<br />

"improvement of his condition, and the world would<br />

"in a very short time be destroyed, and the race<br />

"of men would die out and come to an end. For this<br />

"reason God Almighty hath willed that men shall Everything<br />

"do the work which is in the world, and He hath'=<br />

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"ordained that the children of Adam shall toil for'^°'''=<br />

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"the improvement of their position and for their<br />

"mutual advantage, that the good will and pleasure<br />

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

"respect of the condition and ordinances of the<br />

"world may be accomplished thereby."'<br />

' Here ends Joseph ben-Gorion, Bk. ii. chap. 17; for the<br />

Greek text of the questions which <strong>Alexander</strong> put to the<br />

Brahmans see Pseudo-CaUisthenes, Bk. iii. chap. 6.<br />

HHH<br />

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