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A PHILOSOPHER'S QUESTION

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 30, 1880

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 6, No. 36.

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A PHILOSOPHER'S QUESTION.

When Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, was making preparations to wage war against Rome, Ciseas, a wise and good man, asked him what were the expectations as to the result of his career upon which he was about to enter.
"To subdue Rome," answered the king.
"What will you do next, sire?"
"I will conquer Italy."
"And what then?"
"I will subjugate Carthage, the whole of Africa and Greece."
"And when you have conquered all that you can conquer, what will you do then?"
"I will sit down and spend my time in peace and comfort."
"And, sire," said the sage, " what prevents you from sitting down and spending your time in peace and comfort now?"