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To him the stranger appeals against the projects of Alexander, which extend on one side to the unknown sources of the Nile and the Garden of Paradise, and on the other to the Antipodes and ancient Chaos.
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Sumner discusses the vast ambitions of Alexander, appealing to both the known and unknown realms.
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