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...his people.'
'The pupil of Jabaster: I see it all. Another victim to his reveries. I'll save this boy. David,--for thy name must not be sounded within this city,--the sun is dying. Let us to the terrace, and seek the solace of the twilight breeze.'
'What is the hour, David?'
'Near to midnight. I marvel if thy brother may read in the stars our happy meeting.'
'Men read that which they wish. He is a learned Cabalist.'
'But what we wish comes from above.'
'So they say.We make our fortunes and we call them fate.
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'Yet the Voice sounded, the Daughter of the Voice that summoned Samuel.'
'You have told me strange things; I have heard stranger solved.'
'My faith is a rock.'
'On which you may split.'
'Art thou a Sadducee?'
'I am a man who knows men.'
'You are learned, but different from Jabaster.'
'We are the same, though different. Day and Night are both portions of Time.'
'And thy portion is----'
'Truth.'
'That is, light.'
'Yes; so dazzling that it sometimes seems... Disraeli, Benjamin
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We make our fortunes and we call them fate.