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soûls wliich , like sait , are deslined only to keep 

 from dissolution the body of which they are llie 

 incomplète life ; thy soûl is an ethereal flame descen- 

 ded from Sphairos , which cannot die. I hâve also 

 heard thee complain of thy not having: any spot 

 ofland identified wilh thyself. Learn, Orpheus , that 

 the lyre is the incommunicable sign of property with 

 celestial confines , the type and pledge of property 

 with terrestrial confines. Then thon art endowed with 

 an eminent propriety wilhout which the other could 

 not exist. ït is then the soûl of an ops that lives in 

 Ihee. From a Titan, I am become a hero ; thou 

 from a hero wouldst not become a plebeian ! n 



c( Are there then two sorts of lives, said Or- 

 pheus , are there then two sorts of lives for the 

 race of men exteriorly alike, the nne passing and 

 perishable as ail nature's productions , the other 

 immortal as the fire of Vesta?» 



u Yes , replied Talaon ; ànd there are even two 

 sorts of lives among quadrupeds and birds ; on this 

 différence is founded ail the science of sacrifices 

 and augury.» 



cf Such extraordinary words deeply exciled the 

 attention of Orpheus, who without doubl found them 

 little in harmony Tvith his own feelings. From 

 Ihat instant , he sought less curiously to discover 

 w^ho his father was. He was willing to remain a 

 hero , but an initiating hero , invested w^ith a mer- 

 ciful and progressive priesthood. 



» However the tempest beaten wanderer could 

 pot avoid' finding very tedious the peaceable days 



