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health, reputation and wealth ; yet, the lesson of experience, taught 
to one generation, have failed to affect the next, and the mania still 
prevails in all its force. It was this mania—this influence of Two- 
lips, that lost Adam his possession of earthly immortality, and 
expelled him from Eden; and the strong desire for the possession 
of Twolips has left its memorials upon almost every page of past 
history; some, brilliant with heroic deeds of physical strength and 
mental powers, and others tarnished with vulgar aims and 
unhallowed measures. In truth, this mania, so prevalent and so 
controlling, may be considered an important part of human organism ; 
and an analysis will clearly demonstrate that almost every achieve¬ 
ment recorded by the historian, had its incipient germ, if not its 
budding flower and full ripe fruit, formed and fostered by a passion 
for Twolips. Speculate as we may upon the autocracy of Despots— 
the strong governmental arm of Generals—the will of Republican 
majorities —01 the more quiet, yet equally potent sway of a priest¬ 
hood :—regard them as we may, as the tangible instruments in the 
government of the race- -or the rulers upon the thrones of Empires— 
we are forced to acknowledge that there is a “ power behind the 
throne, greater than the throne itself” and that power is blooming 
Twolips- THE WORLD IS GOVERNED BY TWOLIPS. 
