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<h2>THE MAN AND THE IMAGE</h2>
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<p>A poor Man had a wooden Image of a god, to which he used to pray
daily for riches. He did this for a long time, but remained as poor
as ever, till one day he caught up the Image in disgust and hurled
it with all his strength against the wall. The force of the blow
split open the head and a quantity of gold coins fell out upon the
floor. The Man gathered them up greedily, and said, "O you old
fraud, you! When I honoured you, you did me no good whatever: but
no sooner do I treat you to insults and violence than you make a
rich man of me!"</p>
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