[Cleopatra Complete by Georg Ebers]@TWC D-Link bookCleopatra Complete CHAPTER XII 30/50
There is an example! Do you hear the howling of the storm? In human nature, as well as in the material world, there are tempests and volcanoes which bring destruction, and, if the original character of any individual is full of such devastating forces, like the neighbourhood of Vesuvius or Etna, the goal to which his impulses would lead him is clearly visible.
Ay, the Stoic is not allowed to destroy the harmony and order of things in existence, any more than to disturb those which are established by the state.
But to follow our natural impulses wherever they lead us is so perilous a venture, that whoever has the power to fix a limit to it betimes is in duty bound to do so.
This power is mine, and I will use it!" Then, with iron severity, she asked: "As it seems to be one of the demands of your nature, woman, to allure and kindle the hearts of all who bear the name of man, even though they have not yet donned the garb of the Ephebi, so, too, you seem to appear to delight in idle ornaments. Or," and as she spoke she touched Barine's shoulder"-- or why should you wear, during the hours of slumber, that circlet on your arm ?" Barine had watched with increasing anxiety the marked change in the manner and language of the Queen.
She now beheld a repetition of what she had experienced at the Adonis festival, but this time she knew what had roused Cleopatra's jealousy.
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