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attraction of the beautiful faces « desired by the king, seven timeş did ne go round, and not a drop of the milk was spilt. The bóy's mind could not be attracted by anything in the world, unless he allowed it to affect him. · And when he brought the cup to the king, the king said to him, "What your father has taught you, and what you have learned yourself, I can only, repeat; you have known the truth; go home." .
Thus the man that has practised control over himself cannot be acted upon by anything that is. outside; there is no more slavery for him. His mind has become free ; such a man alone is fit to live well in the world. We generally find men, holding two opinions regarding the world. Some are pessimists and say “How horrible this world is, how wicked !" Some others are optimists and they say "How beautiful this: world is, how wonderful !'". To those who have not controlled their: Own: minds, the world is either full of evil or at best a imixture of good and evil. This very world will become to us an optimistic world when
