Ii! 
THE FOUNDATION OF THE 
CITY 
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ET us rather consider the proceedings 
of the swarm the apiarist shall have 
gathered into his hive. And first of all 
let us not be forgetful of the sacrifice these 
fifty thousand virgins have made, who, as 
Ronsard sings, — 
««In a little body bear so true a heart, —”? 
and let us, yet once again, admire the 
courage with which they begin life anew 
in the desert whereon they have fallen. 
They have forgotten the splendour and 
wealth of their native city, where existence 
had been so admirably organised and 
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