The Indian on silence
lewisk (lewisk@cadvision.com)
Sat, 06 Jan 96 11:09:55 -800
Student. It is impossible for me to go away
Before I hand my album here to you.
Will your grace grant this favour to me too?
Mephistopheles. Oh, very well!
He writes and gives it back.
Student [reads]. ERITIS SICUT DEUS, SCIENTES BONUM ET MALUM.
He closes the book reverently and takes his leave.
Mephistopheles. Follow the ancient text and heed my coz the snake;
With all your likeness to God you'll sometimes tremble and quake.
The translation of the latin phrase is roughly "You will be like God,
knowing good and evil.".
Carl Edman