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vizier, desire for its standard bearer, anger to be the 

 superintendent of the city, and taking the senses of reason 

 as its spies, it must make each one of them responsible in 

 its sphere. The perceptive faculties which are foremost 

 in the brain, it must make to be chiefs of the spies, that 

 they may convey to the spies notices of what occurs in the 

 world. The faculty of memory, which is next in order in 

 the brain, it must use as a receptacle in which it may trea- 

 sure up whatever is noticed by the spies, and, as occasion 

 requires, may inform reason, the vizier,. The vizier, in 

 accordance with the information received, will administer 

 the kingdom. When he sees any one of the soldiers re- 

 volting and following his own passions, he will represent it 

 to the sovereign, that he may be controlled and conquered. 

 He must not, however, be destroyed, for each one of us 

 has received, from his original country, a definite commis- 

 sion, and in that case this service must remain unfulfilled. 

 But, alas ! if the heart should swerve from its sovereignty, 

 and not make use of reason as its vizier, and should be re- 

 duced by the standard bearer, desire, and the superin- 

 tendent, anger, all the forces would then follow in the train 

 of desire and anger, the kingdom would fall into disorder, 

 and everlasting ruin would be the result. . . . 



If you inquire, student ! how it is known that the 

 heart of man has been created in accordance with the quali- 

 ties of angels, seeing that the most of the qualities and 

 attributes of angels are foreign to it, I reply, you know that 

 there is not, in truth, any creature on the face of the earth 

 more noble than man, and that it belongs to the dignity 

 and perfection of every creature, to work out persever- 

 ingly that service for which it was created. The ass, for 

 instance, was created to bear burdens. If he carries his 

 load well, without stumbling or falling, or if he does not 

 throw off his load, his qualities are in perfection, and his 

 service is accepted. The horse was designed also for war 



