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For every acre of that old farm, yes, every shovelful, afterward revealed gems which since have decorated the crowns of monarchs." FOR EVERY ACRE OF THAT OLD FARM YES EVERY SHOVELFUL AFTERWARD REVEALED GEMS WHICH SINCE HAVE DECORATED THE CROWNS OF MONARCHS
ut into that old garden and stirred up the white sands with their fingers, and lo! there came up other more beautiful and valuable gems than the first. “Thus,” said the guide to me, and, friends, it is historically true, “was discovered the diamond-mine of Golconda, the most magnificent diamond-mine in all the history of mankind, excelling the Kimberly itself. The Kohinoor, and the Orloff of the crown jewels of England and Russia, the largest on earth, came from that mine.” When that old Arab guide told me the second chapter of his story, he then took off his Turkish cap and swung it around in the air again to get my attention to the moral. Those Arab guides have morals to their stories, although they are not always moral. As he swung his hat, he said to me, “Had Ali Hafed remained at home and dug in his own cellar, or underneath his own wheat-fields, or in his own garden, instead of wretchedness, starvation, and death by suicide in a strange land, he would have had ‘acres of diamonds.  IS A DIAMOND THEN TOGETHER THEY RUSHED OUT INTO THAT OLD GARDEN AND STIRRED UP THE WHITE SANDS WITH THEIR FINGERS AND LO THERE CAME UP OTHER MORE BEAUTIFUL AND VALUABLE GEMS THAN THE FIRST THUS SAID THE GUIDE TO US AND FRIENDS IT IS HISTORICALLY TRUE WAS DISCOVERED THE DIAMOND MINE GALCONIA THE MOST MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND MIND OF ALL IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND EXCELLING THE KIMBERLEY ITSELF CAHUNURE AND THE ORLOFFE OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND AND RUSSIA THE LARGEST ON EARTH CAME FROM THAT MINE WHEN THAT OLD ARAB GUIDE TOLD ME THE SECOND CHAPTER OF THE STORY HE THEN TOOK OFF HIS TURKISH CAP AND SWUNG IT ROUND IN THE AIR AGAIN TO GET MY ATTENTION TO THE MORAL THOSE ARAB GUIDES HAVE MORALS TO THEIR STORIES ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS MORAL AS HE SWUNG HIS HAT HE SAID TO ME HAD ELIPHEDMAINED AT HOME AND DUG IN HIS OWN CELLAR OR UNDERNEATH HIS OWN WHEAT FIELDS OR IN HIS OWN GARDENS INSTEAD OF WRETCHEDNESS STARVATION AND DEATH BY SUICIDE IN A STRANGE LAND HE WOULD HAVE HAD ACRES OF DIAMONDS
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