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AVhen Demetrius took Megara, he asked Stilpo whether he had not suffered particular damage in the plundering ; to w4iich he made this ansAver, that he saw nobody that could rob him. WHEN DEMETRIUS TOOK MEGARA HE ASKED STILPO WHETHER HE HAD SUFFERED PARTICULAR DAMAGE IN THE PLUNDERING TO WHICH HE MADE THIS ANSWER THAT HE SAW NOBODY THAT COULD ROB HIM
 body nor thy soul 1 Of this sort is the low extraction of thy father, the adultery of thy wife, the loss of a garland, or being deprived of the upper seat in an assembly. And with all these crosses thou mayest have ease of mind and strength of body. But to those things which in their own nature excite our grief, — such as sickness, pains of the body, and the death of our friends and children, — we ought to apply that of Euripides : — Alas ! alas ! and well-a-day ! But why alas and irell atvni/ ? Naught else to us hath yet been dealt. But tliat which daily men have felt. Tliere is no reasoning more effectual to restrain our pas- sions and hinder our minds from falling into despair, than that Avhich sets before us a physical necessity and the common lot of nature. And it is our bodies only that lie exposed to this destiny, and which we offer (as it Avere) as a handle to Fortune ; but the fort-royal is still secure, where our strength lies and our most precious things are treas- ured up.  ARE AFFLICTIONS TO THEE IF THEY TOUCH NEITHER THY BODY NOR THY SOUL OF THIS SORT IS THE LOW EXTRACTION OF THY FATHER THE ADULTERY OF THY WIFE THE LOSS OF A GARLAND OR BEING DEPRIVED OF THE UPPER SEAT IN AN ASSEMBLY AND WITH ALL THOSE CROSSES THOU MAYST HAVE EASE OF MIND AND STRENGTH OF BODY BUT TO THOSE THINGS WHICH IN THEIR OWN NATURE EXCITE OUR GRIEF SUCH AS SICKNESS PAINS OF THE BODY AND THE DEATH OF OUR FRIENDS AND CHILDREN WE OUGHT TO APPLY THAT OF EURIPIDES ALAS ALAS AND WELL A DAY BUT WHY ALAS AND WELL AWAY NAUGHT ELSE TO US HATH YET BEEN DEALT BUT THAT WHICH DAILY MEN HAVE FELT THERE IS NO REASONING MORE EFFECTUAL TO RESTRAIN OUR PASSIONS AND HINDER OUR MINDS FROM FALLING INTO DESPAIR THAN THAT WHICH SETS BEFORE US A PHYSICAL NECESSITY AND THE COMMON LOT OF NATURE AND IT IS OUR BODIES ONLY THAT LIE EXPOSED TO THIS DESTINY AND WHICH WE OFFER AS IT WERE AS A HANDLE TO FORTUNE BUT THE FORT ROYAL IS STILL SECURE WHERE OUR STRENGTH LIES AND OUR MOST PRECIOUS THINGS ARE TREASURED UP
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