The Literary Miscellany, or Selections and Extracts, Classical and Scientific

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Excerpt from The Literary Miscellany, or Selections and Extracts, Classical and Scientific: With Originals, in Prose and VerseLord, Iunderstand none of these disputes which are continually made concerning thee. I would serve thee according to thy will, but every person I consult would have me do so according to his will. When I pray to thee [know not what posture to use: one says that I ought to pray standing, another that I should kneel: some say that I ought to wash myself every morning with cold water, others tell me I must cut off a piece of my ¿esh. The other day at a cara vansary, I happened to eat a rabbit, three men who were present made me tremble. All agreed that I had offended thee - one, because this was an unclean ani mal, the other, because it was strangled, the third, because it was not fish: a Brachman passing by, said, they were all wrong, as I did not kill the creature my self. But] did, ' said I. Then, ' replied he, 'thou hast done a most abominable action: how do you know that the soul of your father has not passed into that animal?' - All these things, Lord, embarrass me greatly. I cannot move my head without being men aced with thy abhorrence. I desire to please and to serve thee. I believe, after all, the best means of oh taining thy favour will be, to prove myself a good cit izeu in the community wherein thou hast placed me, and a good father of the family thou hast given me.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.