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The great power and command of Agamemnon gave him an equal disturb  ance : — Look upon Aiiamemiioti, Atreus's son, What mighty loads of trouble he hath on. THE GREAT POWER IN COMMAND OF AGAMEMNON GAVE HIM AN EQUAL DISTURBANCE LOOK UPON AGAMEMNON ATREUS'S SON WHAT MIGHT LOADS OF TROUBLE HE HATH ON
doth come, And when he goes away he's troublesome, as Ion expresseth it. But when the heat of the disease is over and the former temperature of the body is restored, then health returns, and brings with it all those pleasant images which sickness chased away ; so that he that yesterday refused eggs and delicate cakes and the finest manchets will now snap eagerly at a piece of household bread, Avith an olive and a few water-cresses. 4. So reason makes all sorts of life easy, and every change pleasant. Alexander Avept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds, and his friends asking him if any accident had befallen him, he returns this answer : Do not you think it a matter worthy of lamen- tation, that, when there is such a vast multitude of them, we have not yet conquered one ? But Crates with only his * Eurip. Orestes, 232. OF THE TRANQUILLITY 0Γ THE MIND. 141 scrip and tattered cloak laughed out his life jocosely, as if he had been always at a festival. TO HIS MIND EVEN HIS FRIEND IMPORTUNES HIM WITH HIS VISITS HE DOTH MOLEST HIM WHEN HE FIRST DOTH COME AND WHEN HE GOES AWAY HE'S TROUBLESOME ASON EXPRESSETH IT BUT WHEN THE HEAT OF THE DISEASE IS OVER AND THE FORMER TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY IS RESTORED THEN HEALTH RETURNS AND BRINGS WITH IT ALL THOSE PLEASANT IMAGES WHICH SICKNESS CHASED AWAY SO THAT HE THAT YESTERDAY REFUSED EGGS AND DELICATE CAKES AND THE FINEST MANCHETS WILL NOW SNAP EAGERLY AT A PIECE OF HOUSEHOLD BREAD WITH AN OLIVE IN A FEW WATER CRESSES SO REASON MAKES ALL SORTS OF LIFE EASY AND EVERY CHANGE PLEASANT ALEXANDER WEPT WHEN HE HEARD FROM ENIGZARKIS THAT THERE WAS AN INFINITE NUMBER OF WORLDS AND HIS FRIENDS ASKING HIM IF ANY ACCIDENT HAD BEFALLEN HIM HE RETURNS THIS ANSWER DO NOT YOU THINK IT A MATTER WORTHY OF LAMENTATION THAT WHEN THERE IS SUCH A VAST MULTITUDE OF THEM WE HAVE NOT YET CONQUERED ONE BUT CRATES WITH ONLY HIS SCRIP AND TATTERED CLOAK LAUGHED OUT HIS LIFE JOCOSELY AS IF HE HAD BEEN ALWAYS AT A FESTIVAL
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