““Where is the God, this Spirit, that made all these things? Does He not stroll round sometimes and examine His handiwork, and even me? I wonder how long it took Him to make this immense universe? Is He satisfied with it all and with me? Surely He cannot be pleased with the Matebele or with Ton-Qon; and if they too are the creatures of the God of Life, what did He make such people for? Did He also make the dreadful venomous replies that infest the land, I wonder? And if so, why? [60]””
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