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A certain lingering sensation, which had so long been uppermost in the
mind of Obed, temporarily banished sleep; and as for the old man, his
wants were rendered, by habit and necessity, as seemingly subject to
his will as if they altogether depended on the pleasure of the moment.
Like his companion he chose therefore to watch, instead of sleeping.
"If the children of ease and security knew the hardships and dangers
the students of nature encounter in their behalf," said Obed, after a
moment of silence, when Middleton took his leave for the night,
"pillars of silver, and statues of brass would be reared as the
everlasting monuments of their glory!"
"I know not, I know not," returned his companion; "silver is far from
plenty, at least in the wilderness, and your brazen idols are
forbidden in the commandments of the Lord."
"Such indeed was the opinion of the great lawgiver of the Jews, but
the Egyptians, and the Chaldeans, the Greeks, and the Romans, were
wont to manifest their gratitude, in these types of the human form.


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