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THE MIND OF MAN This sounds impossible, but so it is said to have happened. A snake and a mouse struck up friendship. They wondered what it was that man called poison, and took upon themselves to investigate into it. They hid themselves in a manger. The farmer put in his hand to take out some hay and instantly the snake bit him. The mouse thrust its little head out to see what would happen. The farmer sighted him and muttered indifferently, "Ah, it's just a wee mouse!” The next day, the mouse bit the farmer's hand, while the snake peered out. Catching sight of the snake, the farmer screamed, “My God, the snake bit me!" and fainted with sheer terror.
Poison lies, not in the mouse, not in the snake, but in the mind. It is the mind that makes a man virtuous or vicious. He who conquers his mind, conquers the
world. :
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