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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
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marvellous

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Dear little Swallow,' said the Prince, `you tell me of marvellous things, but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery. Fly over my city, little Swallow, and tell me what you see there.'

What is meaning of the sentences written in bold letters?

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I think the sentence, " There is no mystery so great as misery ", summs up the previous words, " but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women". The prince seems to have a morbid fascination with the suffering of others. It is a very interesting passage, where does it come from?

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  • I think the sentence, " There is no mystery so great as misery ", summs up the previous words, " but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women".
  • The prince seems to have a morbid fascination with the suffering of others.
  • It is a very interesting passage, where does it come from?
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I think the sentence, "There is no mystery so great as misery", summs up the previous words, "but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women".
The prince seems to have a morbid fascination with the suffering of others.
It is a very interesting passage, where does it come from?
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<wild surmise>

Perhaps the Prince has never know "misery"? It is therefore a "mystery" to him.

MrP
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