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  • When a wolf bears young to an antelope, and there is some doubt whether it (the young one) has the nature of wolf or antelope,
  • Drop you grass and bones in front of it (and see) to which side it quickly steps.
  • If it comes towards the bones, it is canine; and if it craves the grass, it is assuredly of the antelope race.
  • A wrath and a mercy were wedded to one another: from these twain was born the world of good and evil. 2680
  • Offer grass and bones, offer the food of the flesh and the food of the spirit.
  • If he seek the food of the flesh, he is bobtailed (worthless), and if he desire the food of the spirit, he is a (spiritual) chief.
  • If he serve the body, he is an ass; and if he go into the sea of the spirit, he will find pearls.
  • Although these twain—good and evil—are different, yet these twain are (engaged) in one work.
  • The prophets offer devotions, the enemies (of God) offer lusts. 2685
  • How should I make the good man bad? I am not God. I am (only) a prompter, I am not their creator.