"Man is the proudest of God's creatures, the eagle is the haughtiest amongst the birds, the ox amongst the cattle, and the lion amongst the beasts of the field. Hence it was the image of these four which Ezekiel saw in his vision on the throne of God."
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23, Tales and Maxims from the Midrash by Rev. Samuel Rapaport, (1907), p. 101
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