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as an offering to men , who as yel are ignorant of 

 Iheir value, for wheat must become equally Ihe 

 food of ail human familles _, ail called to the saine 

 progress by the same labours. You , voluntary ex- 

 iles, you , freely devoted to ail the wants of huiha- 

 rà'ty , you will eat the fruits of the forest , and wild! 

 roots. Orpheus, thou canst teach both the religion 

 of funerals and the rites of marriage , which are 

 one and the same thing. Society cannot form itself 

 tvithout creating the domestic lie ; property, a sort 

 of identification of man with the earth by culture , 

 becomes sacred by sepulbhres , and thus it is , the 

 whole of human kind , will onelday become an im- 

 mense family. But the yoke of saws , to be salutary, 

 must be freely accepted. Go my children , erelông 

 forelorn orphans ; go , but live together like brolh«r 

 and sister , till you find a place, where to fix your 

 dwelling. Imitate the birds , who migrate and 

 ■who abstain from love lill they arrive in à Coun- 

 Iry where the Gods instruct them how to build 

 a nest for their future progeny. Orpheus, I confide 

 to you the chastity of Eurydice ; let the cértaint)'^ 

 of having her for .a spouse be sufficient for thee. 

 The men thou formest , will bave ancestôrs by the 

 faith of sepùlchres ; they will hâve descendants 

 by tke holiness of marriage ; as for thee , thon 

 canSt ndt hâve ancestôrs , and who knows if thou 

 wilt ever hâve children? Let Jupiter and Metis^ 

 hold the place of ancestôrs for thee; and the 

 im|rroved race of man , bé thy noble posterity. 

 Orjyheus , Eurydice , di^^ine couple , coiisé]fï! to bë 



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