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which states is the cypress exposed, being always flour¬ 
ishing; and of this nature are the azads, or religious 
independents. — Fix not thy heart on that which is 
transitory; for the Dijlah, or Tigris, will continue to 
flow through Bagdad after the race of caliphs is extinct: 
if thy hand has plenty, be liberal as the date tree; but 
if it affords nothing to give away, be an azad, or free 
man, like the cypress.” 
