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they do, the people on the earth." (184) And up to the present time, 

 indeed, we people beheve that we are happy. (185) And therefore 

 let there also be gratitude that we can claim to be happy. (186) 

 And give it your thought, that with one mind we may now give thanks 

 for him, Our Creator. And our minds wiU continue to be so. 



Epilogue 



(187) And that is all that I myself am able to do. "What they ^ 

 did was to decide that a ritual of gratitude, as they called it, would 

 always be observed in the future, when in the future people would 

 gather. And that is aU that I myself am able to do; that is all that 

 I learned of the ritual which begins the ceremony. (188) That is it. 



" The Four Beings, 



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