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Friends! Having come for a little respite, a little recreation, why all this needless paraphernalia:Why all these wranglings:moreover, with fellow-travellers ? Why this false sophistication insisting on—“This is my seat, that one is yours; you have very little baggage, I have a lot of it!: Ah! my friend! the less your baggage, the more comfortable will your journey be. Greater the anxiety of those who bear the greater burden. Wherefore, give up this senseless wrangling with the inmates of the rest-house. However much you may wrangle about your seats and your privileges, you will have soon to leave this Guest-House behind. And having once parted, which particular seat will accompany which specific traveller? Then, why not part forming friendly ties, so that if, sometime, we happen to encounter one another by chance, the hidden springs of affection might at least gush forth that moment on each other's encounter? Come, hurry up! There is but little time left. Giving up this wrangling, let us mitigate this useless burden. When the train arrives unexpectedly, where shall we find the time for packing our baggage, for 134
