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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
CHAPTER XV.
The fourth "And thc fourth door of the heart is the
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he^.°^ "Mouth and the tongue which speaketh' by means
"of the strings of a man's mind; for as in striking
"the harp some of the strings [are found to be]
"thick and some thin, even so some of the strings
"of the heart are good, and some of them are
"bad. The heart is the source of them, but that
"which playeth upon them, and giveth them the
"power of making sound, and that which setteth
"them in motion is the tongue. Now the meat
"which goeth into the mouth is thrown into the
"belly and is ejected in the secret place, but the
"drink which entereth into the mouth watereth
"and pervadeth [the whole body] from the head
"to the feet, and the loins become fat with flesh,
"and muscle, and bone. Now the various kinds
"of meat and drink have different odours, although
"the body is renewed [by them all], and of the
"things which come forth from the heart, some
"are good and some are bad, and some are
"righteous and some are sinful, and some are
"true and some are false, and some are wise and
"some are foolish, and some belong to careful
"prudence and some to vanity. The ear, the eye,
"and the sense of smell are the upper doors which
"are external, and the mouth, which is, in very
"truth, [p. 301] a door, is the door which is internal,
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