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In the Heart of Africa

CHAPTER XVI
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An ox is stronger than a man, but he dies, and his bones last longer; they are bigger.

A man's bones break quickly; he is weak." "Is not a man superior in sense to an ox?
Has he not a mind to direct his actions ?" Commoro--"Some men are not so clever as an ox.

Men must sow corn to obtain food, but the ox and wild animals can procure it without sowing." "Do you not know that there is a spirit within you different from flesh?
Do you not dream and wander in thought to distant places in your sleep?
Nevertheless your body rests in one spot.

How do you account for this ?" Commoro (laughing)--"Well, how do YOU account for it?
It is a thing I cannot understand; it occurs to me every night." "The mind is independent of the body.

The actual body can be fettered, but the mind is uncontrollable.


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