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The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo
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How a Man That is Eager After Good
When they would symbolise a man that is eager for good, and who instead of it falls into evil, they portray a CUTTLEFISH; for this fish if it see any other longing to catch it, ejects a black liquid from its belly into the water, so that by these means it is no longer visible, and thus escapes.
