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The Luckiest Man in Babylon 129 "I was much pleased by his generous offer that I might keep for myself, one-fourth of my sales. ...

130 THERICHESTMAN INBABYLON such words of encouragement could mean to a slave boy, lonesome in a great city, struggling with all ...

The Luckiest Man in Babylon 131 " 'Why dost thou work so hard?' Arad Gula said to me one day. Almost the same question thou aske ...

132 THERICHESTMAN INBABYLON "After telling me that he was a slave," Sharru Nada continued, 'he explained how anxious he had been ...

The Luckiest Man in Babylon 133 such suffering, yet when I saw he was laughing and joking with his nobles, I knew he was cruel a ...

The Luckiest Man in Babylon 134 "Not were Swasti's fears groundless. While I was doing the baking next morning, the money lender ...

134 The RICHESTMAN INBABYLON the heat fever took hold of my weary body. I lost my appetite and could scarcely eat the mutton and ...

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The Luckiest Man in Babylon 135 Besetting a man like a whirlwind, Driving him like a storm, Whose course no one can follow, Whos ...

136 THERICHESTMAN INBABYLON ingness to work enabled me to escape from being sold to join the slave gangs upon the walls. It also ...

The Luckiest Man in Babylon 137 him all the more and feel more determined to be like ...

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him. I fear I can never repay thee for giving me the true key to his success. From this day forth, I shall use his key. I shall ...

138 An Historical Sketch of Babylon In the pages of history there lives no city more glam- orous than Babylon. Its very name con ...

An Historical Sketch of Babylon 139 tion canals. Far out across that arid valley went these canals to pour the life-giving water ...

138 the only inhabitants. Such it has been since about the beginning of the Christian era. ...

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140 THERICHESTMAN INBABYLON Dotting this valley are earthen hills. For centuries, they were considered by travellers to be nothi ...

141 THERICHESTMAN INBABYLON many centuries previous such cities had existed. Their inhabitants were not mere barbarians living w ...

142 THERICHESTMAN INBABYLON clay. When completed, these were baked and became hard tile. In size, they were about six by eight i ...