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Amarsen said: "You are right. Hope is the anchor of life. By giving it up, a man would be drifted away in the ocean of worldly affairs. At the same time, no work would be successful with hope only, if hands and feet are not moved. Self-confidence, self-knowledge and self-control these three things alone give force and vigour to life."
When they were engaged in such conversation, a long period of night passed away. The moon was shining in the middle of the sky. Amarsen then said:
"Vayarsen! You go to sleep. It very late at night. We have to get up very early in the morning, because we have still to go far-off. Vayarsen said:
"Brother, you go to sleep. I do not expect to get sleep. It is notproper for both of us to go to sleep in this forest. I do not feel sleepy at all. So I shall keep a watch."
