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For how short a while man speaks, and withal how vainly. And for how long he is silent. Only the other day I met a king in Thebes, who had been silent already for four thousand years. FOR HOW SHORT A WHILE MAN SPEAKS AND WITHAL HOW VAINLY AND FOR HOW LONG HE IS SILENT ONLY THE OTHER DAY I MET A KING IN THEBES WHO HAD BEEN SILENT ALREADY FOR FOUR THOUSAND YEARS
 for all the isles to watch. The ships make all their journeys in his sight, the nights and the days go by him like a wind, the summers and winters under him flicker and fade, the lives of men pass quietly here and hence, and Fuzi-Yama watches there--and knows." And the watchers in the gate said, "Enter in." And I, too, would have told them a tale, very wonderful and very true; one that I had told in many cities, which as yet had no believers. But now the sun had set, and the brief twilight gone, and ghostly silences were rising from far and darkening hills. A stillness hung over that city's gate. And the great silence of the solemn night was more acceptable to the watchers in the gate than any sound of man. Therefore they beckoned to us, and motioned with their hands that we should pass untaxed into the city. And softly we went up over the sand, and between the high rock pillars of the gate, and a deep stillness settled among the watchers, and the stars over them twinkled undisturbed. AND INDISTINCT BUT CLEAR ABOVE FOR ALL THE ISLES TO WATCH THE SHIPS MAKE ALL THEIR JOURNEYS IN HIS SIGHT THE NIGHTS AND THE DAYS GO BY HIM LIKE A WIND THE SUMMERS AND WINTERS UNDER HIM FLICKER AND FADE THE LIVES OF MEN PASS QUIETLY HERE AND HENCE AND FUSIYAMA WATCHES THERE AND KNOWS AND THE WATCHERS IN THE GATE SAID ENTER IN AND I TOO WOULD HAVE TOLD THEM A TALE VERY WONDERFUL AND VERY TRUE ONE THAT I HAD TOLD IN MANY CITIES WHICH AS YET HAD NO BELIEVERS BUT NOW THE SUN HAD SET AND THE BRIEF TWILIGHT GONE AND GHOSTLY SILENCES WERE RISING FROM FAR AND DARKENING HILLS A STILLNESS HUNG OVER THAT CITY'S GATE AND THE GREAT SILENCE OF THE SOLEMN NIGHT WAS MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE WATCHERS IN THE GATE THAN ANY SOUND OF MAN THEREFORE THEY BECKONED TO US AND MOTIONED WITH THEIR HANDS THAT WE SHOULD PASS UNTAXED INTO THE CITY AND SOFTLY WE WENT UP OVER THE SAND AND BETWEEN THE HIGH ROCK PILLARS OF THE GATE AND A DEEP STILLNESS SETTLED AMONG THE WATCHERS AND THE STARS OVER THEM TWINKLED UNDISTURBED
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