y regarding human life the indian laughed and said that no one who was ignorant of divine things could comprehend things relating to man no one however could very strongly affirm that this statement is true from writers with an introduction many prose and parallel passages from classical authors � � t by j d cl ll d d london co hill rights reserved preface ml n the present volume embraces the contents of the little work entitled � religious and moral rendered from writers f c y published by messrs nor gate in together with three of subsequently printed but not published and a of the pieces contained in volumes ii and v of my original c in the notice to the former publication i have acknowledged my obligations to dr o s large collection of all the from works of a more recent date than the and many from that great poem itself are drawn from his book the sources to which i am indebted for the parallel passages from classical writers are mostly indicated at the head of each quotation in the previous published collection i stated that almost all those then given from latin writers had been taken from s c i am indebted to dr e l for the greater portion of the to the and suggesting and to professor e b for the translation in page contents introduction miscellaneous consequence of the knowledge of the belt the great spirit to the god of hymn to by the and of the divine divine all aim known to the s secret not the corrected by advice the bad checked by ill gotten gains tail to benefit the of tbe gods give wisdom to those whom they and and evil not always apparent at first sight the pools mistake good a doomed man is killed by the c the wine ao faith in holy scripture an indian free s fate tbe indian in denial of a future life and of a ood and ridicule of the doctrine of final as nothing than s discourse and s reply unreal and useless the rule of duty to ascertain for death tbe only inseparable friend what is your life t it is even a no io the grave for we brought nothing into this world and it i certain we am carry nothing out s bow tbe wise ought to live a dialogue ease eat drink and be merry viii contents miscellaneous tr t� rf final overthrow of the wicked good and bad seem to be equally favoured hero not so here after strait is the gate and narrow is the way which life no second youth to man the lapse of time not practically noticed all men think all men mortal but themselves who are the really blind deaf and dumb remember thy sin removed by repentance never do what would distress thee on a sick bed men should think on their end men devout when hi distress d men love the fruits of virtue not virtue itself effects of habitual sin and virtue a small part of the toil endured in gaining wealth would final action keeping in view the future daily self examination improvement of time virtue difficult vice easy c good slowly acquired the condition of acquiring knowledge knowledge a treasure which cannot bo lost the essence of books to be got the condition of the mysteries of destiny the same of life do not always lead to the ends the same poverty a relish to food the vanity of human ambition the path of salvation the road to knowledge the of sin leads to knowledge final and the self power of the doctrine regarding it a guide through the gloom s saying the of whither knowledge leads death is not the of the good the of wisdom the indian and mary a story wonderful attributes of the among r r� � io � contents s knowledge to be from all which all from s no of final b low man by honour due not to but to tha nobility of manhood virtue of nine than birth the true � the what make a man a the true to a so the same without great wealth to b honour m the real the than men who u e in the world retirement from the world not for self condemnation of what the character of e the of mere knowledge and inward purity truth better than the u of truth and falsehood sweet of good to be of virtue the only real the righteous always prosper more valuable than the value of depends on the purity of the los fate of those who have no belief in virtue of faith moral essential true piety and and their the most gift lis two of paradise the beat use of wealth it is duty good easy evil difficult to a noble effort not the test of goodness evil intentions if not punished virtue lies in the thought not in the act virtue must be a man s own l kind and heartless men th� humble are wise x contents o� ud of man ir dot f or own tie fi worse then lu do good end hoping for t ths � do to yon s � l the of dot to be s the not to the door of good i do not to others thou st not have done to thee s if which you reward have ye i the of the deity t the vi � to iq he woe not again if hunger food him i of j not to be empty away l ttie s narrow end large bo to ell man r a may u from thi j l bo � men are formed by their men to l bo of good and men a praise l the tongue can no man tame casting before l of the bad good to be wasted an 