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They stood, eyes meeting eyes, yet neither took the next step toward the other. "When I know what reward is great enough," she said, "then I will give it to you." "Because you live I am rewarded," he replied.
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This imperial woman, so diverse and rich in her genius, might have chosen her own greatness had she been able to single one gift above another, but she could not make her own choice of what she loved best to do, and so she did something of each and in all she excelled. As for those affairs of state which had absorbed her until
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You see how loving kindness conquers fear, even in animals. Let this lesson be engraved upon your hearts.
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If it were true that there could be good men among the enemy, then indeed she must still be afraid. If righteous, the white men were stronger than she reckoned, and she kept this fear hidden in her so long as she lived thereafter.
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The time had come for him to use a dangerous weapon. "Venerable," he said, "if the Emperor's manhood was destroyed, how is it that he begot a son and one so sturdy as the young Emperor?
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He had long been her favorite, yet every eunuch knew that the favor of a ruler is less stable than sunlight in early spring. At any moment it can be withdrawn, and as soon can a eunuch's head tumble from his shoulders.
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The Empress Mother said with still more irritation, "I cannot understand why we must have a foreign religion here when we have three good religions of our own.
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Even our enemies call him 'great soul,' and declare that they are honored in defeat by such a one.
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I do not say this is a decree," she wrote, her beautiful writing brushing the page with firm yet delicate strokes. "Let it be greeting and invitation, a hope that we may meet again with quiet hearts and wise minds. Come, then, before the ceremonies for my sixtieth birthday. Let us spend an hour together before we mingle with the Court.
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With increasing passion she loved beauty, for beauty, she told herself, and only beauty, was pure and good and worthy of her love.
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There in the silence of her own heart, she prayed the goddess to enlighten her and teach her mercy, and she prayed that Sakota might awaken to the grace of mercy shown her so that life could be saved. Strengthened by her prayers, the
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Who rules well is always hated.
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