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kept
from receiving such utterances. Indeed, the snake-charmer must refrain from touching the snake in
front of
his small boy, because he knows that the boy imagines he is like his father and will imitate him,
he must
even caution the boy by himself showing caution in front of him, so the scholar must act in similar
fashion.
And just as the good snake-charmer on receiving a snake distinguishes between the
antidote and the
poison, extracts the antidote while destroying the poison, and would not withhold the antidote from
any in
need; and just as the acute and experienced banker, after putting his hand into the bag of the
counterfeiter
and extracting from it the pure gold and throwing away the counterfeit coins would not withhold the
good
and acceptable money from one in need; even so does the scholar act.
Again, when a man is bitten by a snake and needs the antidote, he turns from it because he learns
that it
from receiving such utterances. Indeed, the snake-charmer must refrain from touching the snake in
front of
his small boy, because he knows that the boy imagines he is like his father and will imitate him,
he must
even caution the boy by himself showing caution in front of him, so the scholar must act in similar
fashion.
And just as the good snake-charmer on receiving a snake distinguishes between the
antidote and the
poison, extracts the antidote while destroying the poison, and would not withhold the antidote from
any in
need; and just as the acute and experienced banker, after putting his hand into the bag of the
counterfeiter
and extracting from it the pure gold and throwing away the counterfeit coins would not withhold the
good
and acceptable money from one in need; even so does the scholar act.
Again, when a man is bitten by a snake and needs the antidote, he turns from it because he learns
that it