CHAP. VI.] 
“ GOOD AND DAD ALL DIR” 
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superior to either man or heast ? Have you no fear 
of evil except from bodily causes V 9 
Commoro. —“ I am afraid of elephants and other 
animals when in the jungle at night, but of nothing 
else." 
“Then you believe in nothing; neither in a good nor 
evil spirit! And you believe that when you die it will 
be the end of body and spirit; that you are like 
other animals; and that there is no distinction 
between man and beast; both disappear, and end at 
death ?” 
Commoro.— ‘ Of course they do." 
“ Do you see no difference in good and bad actions ?" 
Commoro. —“ Yes, there are good and bad in men 
and beasts." 
“ Do you think that a good man and a bad must 
share the same fate, and alike die, and end ?” 
Commoro. —“ Yes; what else can they do ? How 
can they help dying ? Good and bad all die." 
“ Their bodies perish, but their spirits remain ; the 
good in happiness, the bad in misery. If you have 
no belief in a future state, why should a man be good t 
Why should he not be bad, if he can prosper by 
wickedness V 9 
Commoro. —“ Most people are bad; if they are 
strong they take from the weak. The good people are 
