It will not hurt them to use it while they are young, and they can commit to memory, at the same time, the maxim which is attached to it.

Then if the harmless liquid which it contains, together with the adage and the example of their parents, arouse a craving for truth within them we shall have cared better for them than Doctor Melchior did for our ancestors." "I think so, too," I answered gratefully.

"But," I added, "when you poured the elixir into the river did you not sacrifice a valuable aid to yourself in remaining loyal to the Truth in your creations ?" "The old gentleman shook his head.

Let the essence flow away!" he answered.

"The verity of the Ueberhells, that is what each one thought to be true, was a thing of naught, and, if you consider it closely, a dangerous thing.