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if you were selling a fish, would you bid it rise up ? Socrates was a philosopher in the prison, and dis  coursed Λvith his friends, though he was fettered. But Phaeton, when he climbed up into heaven, thought himself unhappy there, because nobody would give him his father's chariot and the horses of the sun. IF YOU WERE SELLING A FISH WOULD YOU BID IT RISE UP SOCRATES WAS A PHILOSOPHER IN THE PRISON AND DISCOURSED WITH HIS FRIENDS THOUGH HE WAS FETTERED BUT PHAETON WHEN HE CLIMBED UP INTO HEAVEN THOUGHT HIMSELF UNHAPPY THERE BECAUSE NOBODY WOULD GIVE HIM HIS FATHER'S CHARIOT AND THE HORSES OF THE SUN
ter-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. 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. He is distracted with perpetual care ; Jove that inflicts it gives him strength to bear* Diogenes, when he was exposed to sale in the market and was commanded to stand up, not only refused to do il, but ridiculed the auctioneer, with this piece of raillery : AVhat ! AKES 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 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 HE IS DISTRACTED WITH PERPETUAL CARE JOVE THAT INFLICTS IT GIVES HIM STRENGTH TO BEAR DIOGENES WHEN HE WAS EXPOSED TO SAIL IN THE MARKET AND WAS COMMANDED TO STAND UP NOT ONLY REFUSED TO DO IT BUT RIDICULED THE AUCTIONEER WITH THIS PIECE OF RAILLERY WHAT
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