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Excerpt from The Four Noble Truths: The Bhikkhu Silacara
And the answer came: This is decrepitude and old age; and time, change, the years, have done this thing.
And shall time and change and the years do this to me also? Asked the Prince of himself, and had to reply Yes, rich as is your father, at any time one stronger than he may come and wrest him from his throne, and drive forth him and his into exile and poverty. Into the midst of your health and strength, disease like a leopard may pounce, ravening, and leave you even as this poor palsied wretch. And should you escape these ills, yet, little by little, the years as they pass irrecoverably will steal from you cunning of eye and of hand and of brain, and you too shall become old and, at the latter end of all, die.
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And the answer came: This is decrepitude and old age; and time, change, the years, have done this thing.
And shall time and change and the years do this to me also? Asked the Prince of himself, and had to reply Yes, rich as is your father, at any time one stronger than he may come and wrest him from his throne, and drive forth him and his into exile and poverty. Into the midst of your health and strength, disease like a leopard may pounce, ravening, and leave you even as this poor palsied wretch. And should you escape these ills, yet, little by little, the years as they pass irrecoverably will steal from you cunning of eye and of hand and of brain, and you too shall become old and, at the latter end of all, die.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Page Count - 507
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