cities, not to build them up. But Cadmus
looked at them with a stern eye, and spoke to
them in a tone of authority, so that they knew
him for their master, and never again thought of
disobeying his commands. They set to work in
good earnest, and toiled so diligently, that, in a
very short time, a city began to make its appear-
ance. At first, to be sure, the workmen showed
a quarrelsome disposition. Like savage beasts,
they would doubtless have done one another a
mischief, if Cadmus had not kept watch over
them, and quelled the fierce old serpent that
lurked in their hearts, when he saw it gleaming
out of their wild eyes. But, in course of time,
they got accustomed to honest labor, and had
sense enough to feel that there was more true
enjoyment in living at peace, and doing good to
one's neighbor, than in striking at him with a
two-edged sword. It may not be too much to
hope that the rest of mankind will by and by
grow as wise and peaceable as these five earth
begrimed warriors, who sprang from the drag
on's teeth.

And now the city was built, and there was a
home in it for each of the workmen. But the

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