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And so, just before the dawn, they met again. Their eyes were shining and their faces glowed, and both were holding high their heads with surplus of the energy acquired through eager work, and both were brimming with the fullness of new messages.

"Mine is not long," said one. "There is just as much satisfaction in actually losing the desire for a thing as in possessing it."

"And I have this," the other said: "See that the beam in your own eye is a sunbeam. You had a sunbeam one last night, so I have one tonight."