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answer God Almighty for his deeds. But look! We are at our journey's end. We are very near the town, so, farewell! Now we will return to our jungle. If ever you have an occasion to pass this way, come and see us. We will always be happy to receive you."
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So they left us; and long after they had gone, kept on musing: "How can I ever explain to these simple, sincere men that their philosophy is all wrong? That they are not justified in waylaying and robbing in these lonely places, those who thought nothing of robbing them cunningly in the towns? Can two wrongs make one right? Can you create white by blending two shades of black? These were the wild offspring of Mother Nature. They had their own code of honour which they followed conscientiously. How could they understand the laws and codes of the town's people?"
But there was a grain of consolation that I gleaned from this incident. Is it not gratifying that even in this darkness the name of a sadhu-sant-a holy man, shines like a star? Maybe, like a dim star, but all the same its light is unmistakable in the surrounding gloom.
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