11. Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. Deep
down in their hearts, though they dare not say so, they fancy that earthly
goods are real and enduring. They cannot tell the mirage from the true streams
of water. They call their lands after their own names. Men have even
called countries after their own names, but what are they the better for the
idle compliment?
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