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souls which , like sait , are destined only to keep 

 from dissolution the body of which they are the 

 incomplète life ; thy soul is an ethereal flame descen- 

 ded from Sphairos , which cannot die. I have aîso 

 heard thee complain of thy not having any spot 

 ofland identified with 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 thou art endowed with 

 an enfin en t propriety wilhout which the other could 

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

 thee. From a Titan, I am become a hero ; ihou 

 from a hero wouldst not become a plebeian ! » 



« 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 one passing and 

 perishable as ail nature's productions , the other 

 immorial as the fire of Vesta?» 



« Yes , replied Talaon ; and there are even two 

 sorts of lives among quadrupeds and birds ; on iMs 

 différence is founded ail the science of sacrifices 

 and augury.» 



cf Such extraordinary words deeply excited the 

 attention of Orpheus, who without doubt found them 

 little in harmony with his own feelings. From 

 that instant , he sought less curiously to discover 

 who his father was. He was willing to remain a 

 hero , but an initiating hero , invested with a mer- 

 ciful and progressive priesthood. 



» However the tempest beaten wanderer could 

 not avoid finding very tedious the peaceable days 



