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\nreasonable\u3000doubt\u3000that\u3000our\u3000own\u3000race\u3000landed\u3000and\u3000tried\u3000to\u3000settle\u3000on\u3000the\u3000shore\u3000
\n
\nof\u3000\u3000\u3000New\u3000\u3000\u3000England\u3000\u3000\u3000six\u3000\u3000\u3000hundred\u3000\u3000\u3000years\u3000\u3000\u3000before\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000kinsmen\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000many\u3000
\n
\ncases\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000actual\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000descendants\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000august\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Pilgrim\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Fathers\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
\n
\nseventeenth\u3000\u3000\u3000century\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000\u3000\u3000so\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000said\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000Scandinavian\u3000\u3000\u3000dynasty\u3000\u3000\u3000might\u3000
\n
\nhave\u3000\u3000\u3000been\u3000\u3000\u3000seated\u3000\u3000\u3000now\u3000\u3000\u3000upon\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000throne\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Mexico\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000\u3000\u3000how\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000
\n
\nstrange\u3000\u3000\u3000chance\u3000\u3000\u3000lost\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000First\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000course\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000length\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000danger\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
\n
\ncoasting\u3000voyage\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000was\u3000one\u3000thing\u3000to\u3000have\uff1b\u3000like\u3000Columbus\u3000and\u3000Vespucci\uff1b\u3000
\n
\nCortes\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Pizarro\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Azores\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000halfway\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000port\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000another\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000
\n
\nGreenland\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000\u3000even\u3000\u3000\u3000Iceland\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000one\u3000\u3000\u3000thing\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000run\u3000\u3000\u3000south\u2026west\u3000\u3000\u3000upon\u3000
\n
\nColumbus’s\u3000track\uff1b\u3000across\u3000the\u3000Mar\u3000de\u3000Damas\uff1b\u3000the\u3000Ladies’\u3000Sea\uff1b\u3000which\u3000hardly\u3000
\n
\nknows\u3000a\u3000storm\uff1b\u3000with\u3000the\u3000blazing\u3000blue\u3000above\uff1b\u3000the\u3000blazing\u3000blue\u3000below\uff1b\u3000in\u3000an\u3000
\n
\never\u2026warming\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000climate\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000where\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000every\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000breath\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000life\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000joy\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000another\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
\n
\nstruggle\u3000against\u3000the\u3000fogs\u3000and\u3000icebergs\uff1b\u3000the\u3000rocks\u3000and\u3000currents\u3000of\u3000the\u3000dreary\u3000
\n
\nNorth\u3000Atlantic\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000No\u3000wonder\uff1b\u3000then\uff1b\u3000that\u3000the\u3000knowledge\u3000of\u3000Markland\uff1b\u3000and\u3000
\n
\nVinland\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000Whiteman’s\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Land\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000died\u3000\u3000\u3000away\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000few\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000generations\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
\n
\nbecame\u3000but\u3000fireside\u3000sagas\u3000for\u3000the\u3000winter\u3000nights\u3002\u3000
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000there\u3000were\u3000other\u3000causes\uff1b\u3000more\u3000honourable\u3000to\u3000the\u3000dogged\u3000energy\u3000of\u3000
\n
\nthe\u3000Norse\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000They\u3000were\u3000in\u3000those\u3000very\u3000years\u3000conquering\u3000and\u3000settling\u3000nearer\u3000
\n
\nhome\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000no\u3000\u3000\u3000other\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000peopleunless\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000perhaps\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000old\u3000\u3000\u3000Ionian\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Greeks\u3000
\n
\nconquered\u3000and\u3000settled\u3002\u3000
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Greenland\uff1b\u3000we\u3000have\u3000seen\uff1b\u3000they\u3000heldthe\u3000western\u3000side\u3000at\u3000leastand\u3000held\u3000
\n
\nit\u3000long\u3000and\u3000well\u3000enough\u3000to\u3000afford\uff1b\u3000it\u3000is\u3000said\uff1b\u30002\uff1b600\u3000pounds\u3000of\u3000walrus’\u3000teeth\u3000
\n
\nas\u3000\u3000\u3000yearly\u3000\u3000\u3000tithe\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Pope\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000besides\u3000\u3000\u3000Peter’s\u3000\u3000\u3000pence\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000build\u3000\u3000\u3000many\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000
\n
\nconvent\uff1b\u3000and\u3000church\uff1b\u3000and\u3000cathedral\uff1b\u3000with\u3000farms\u3000and\u3000homesteads\u3000round\uff1b\u3000for\u3000
\n
\none\u3000\u3000\u3000saga\u3000\u3000\u3000speaks\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Greenland\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000producing\u3000\u3000\u3000wheat\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000finest\u3000\u3000\u3000quality\u3002\u3000
\n
\nAll\u3000is\u3000ruined\u3000now\uff1b\u3000perhaps\u3000by\u3000gradual\u3000change\u3000of\u3000climate\u3002\u3000
\n
\n
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u30006\u3000
\n
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u30007\u2026
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Historical\u3000Lectures\u3000and\u3000Essays\u3000
\n
\n
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000they\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000richer\u3000fields\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000enterprise\u3000than\u3000\u3000\u3000Greenland\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Iceland\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
\n
\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Faroes\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Their\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000boldest\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000outlaws\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000very\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000timewhether\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000
\n
\nNorway\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Sweden\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Denmark\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000\u3000Britainwere\u3000\u3000\u3000forming\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000imperial\u3000\u3000\u3000life\u2026\u3000
\n
\nguard\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Byzantine\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Emperor\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000once\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000famous\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Varangers\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000
\n
\nConstantinople\uff1b\u3000and\u3000that\u3000splendid\u3000epoch\u3000of\u3000their\u3000race\u3000was\u3000just\u3000dawning\uff1b\u3000of\u3000
\n
\nwhich\u3000my\u3000lamented\u3000friend\uff1b\u3000the\u3000late\u3000Sir\u3000Edmund\u3000Head\uff1b\u3000says\u3000so\u3000well\u3000in\u3000his\u3000
\n
\npreface\u3000to\u3000Viga\u3000Glum’s\u3000Icelandic\u3000Saga\uff1b\u3000\u3003The\u3000Sagas\uff1b\u3000of\u3000which\u3000this\u3000tale\u3000is\u3000
\n
\none\uff1b\u3000were\u3000posed\u3000for\u3000the\u3000men\u3000who\u3000have\u3000left\u3000their\u3000mark\u3000in\u3000every\u3000corner\u3000
\n
\nof\u3000\u3000\u3000Europe\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000whose\u3000\u3000\u3000language\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000laws\u3000\u3000\u3000are\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000this\u3000\u3000\u3000moment\u3000\u3000\u3000important\u3000
\n
\nelements\u3000in\u3000the\u3000speech\u3000and\u3000institutions\u3000of\u3000England\uff1b\u3000America\uff1b\u3000and\u3000Australia\u3002\u3000
\n
\nThere\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000no\u3000\u3000\u3000page\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000modern\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000history\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000influence\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
\n
\nNorsemen\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000conquests\u3000\u3000\u3000must\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000taken\u3000\u3000\u3000into\u3000\u3000\u3000accountRussia\uff1b\u3000
\n
\nConstantinople\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Greece\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Palestine\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Sicily\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000coasts\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000Africa\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Southern\u3000
\n
\nItaly\uff1b\u3000France\uff1b\u3000the\u3000Spanish\u3000Peninsula\uff1b\u3000England\uff1b\u3000Scotland\uff1b\u3000Ireland\uff1b\u3000and\u3000every\u3000
\n
\nrock\u3000and\u3000island\u3000round\u3000them\uff1b\u3000have\u3000been\u3000visited\uff1b\u3000and\u3000most\u3000of\u3000them\u3000at\u3000one\u3000
\n
\ntime\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000other\u3000\u3000\u3000ruled\uff1b\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000men\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Scandinavia\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000\u3000\u3000motto\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
\n
\nsword\u3000of\u3000Roger\u3000Guiscard\u3000was\u3000a\u3000proud\u3000one\uff1a\u3000
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Appulus\u3000et\u3000Calaber\uff1b\u3000Siculus\u3000mihi\u3000servit\u3000et\u3000Afer\u3002\u3000
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Every\u3000\u3000\u3000island\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000says\u3000\u3000\u3000Sir\u3000\u3000\u3000Edmund\u3000\u3000\u3000Head\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000trulyfor\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000name\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000
\n
\nalmost\u3000every\u3000island\u3000on\u3000the\u3000coast\u3000of\u3000England\uff1b\u3000Scotland\uff1b\u3000and\u3000Eastern\u3000Ireland\uff1b\u3000
\n
\nends\u3000in\u3000either\u3000EY\u3000or\u3000AY\u3000or\u3000OE\uff1b\u3000a\u3000Norse\u3000appellative\uff1b\u3000as\u3000is\u3000the\u3000word\u3000\u3003island\u3003\u3000
\n
\nitselfis\u3000a\u3000mark\u3000of\u3000its\u3000having\u3000been\uff1b\u3000at\u3000some\u3000time\u3000or\u3000other\uff1b\u3000visited\u3000by\u3000the\u3000
\n
\nVikings\u3000of\u3000Scandinavia\u3002\u3000
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Norway\uff1b\u3000meanwhile\uff1b\u3000was\u3000convulsed\u3000by\u3000war\uff1b\u3000and\u3000what\u3000perhaps\u3000was\u3000of\u3000
\n
\nmore\u3000\u3000\u3000immediate\u3000\u3000\u3000consequence\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Svend\u3000\u3000\u3000Fork\u2026beard\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000whom\u3000\u3000we\u3000\u3000\u3000Englishmen\u3000
\n
\ncall\u3000Sweynthe\u3000renegade\u3000from\u3000that\u3000Christian\u3000Faith\u3000which\u3000had\u3000been\u3000forced\u3000
\n
\non\u3000him\u3000by\u3000his\u3000German\u3000conqueror\uff1b\u3000the\u3000Emperor\u3000Otto\u3000II\u3002with\u3000his\u3000illustrious\u3000
\n
\nson\u3000\u3000\u3000Cnut\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000whom\u3000\u3000\u3000we\u3000\u3000\u3000call\u3000\u3000\u3000Canute\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000were\u3000\u3000\u3000just\u3000\u3000\u3000calling\u3000\u3000\u3000together\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000
\n
\ndaring\u3000spirits\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Baltic\u3000coasts\u3000for\u3000the\u3000subjugation\u3000of\u3000England\uff1b\u3000and\u3000when\u3000
\n
\nthat\u3000great\u3000feat\u3000was\u3000performed\uff1b\u3000the\u3000Scandinavian\u3000emigration\u3000was\u3000paralysed\uff1b\u3000
\n
\nprobably\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000time\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000fearful\u3000\u3000\u3000wars\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000home\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000While\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000king\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000
\n
\nSweden\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000St\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000Olaf\u3000\u3000\u3000Tryggvason\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000king\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Norway\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000were\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000setting\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000
\n
\n
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u30007\u3000
\n
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u30008\u2026
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Historical\u3000Lectures\u3000and\u3000Essays\u3000
\n
\n
\n
\nDenmark\u3000\u3000\u3000during\u3000\u3000\u3000Cnut’s\u3000\u3000\u3000pilgrimage\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000Rome\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000Cnut\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000sailing\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000
\n
\nmighty\u3000fleet\u3000to\u3000Norway\uff1b\u3000was\u3000driving\u3000St\u3002\u3000Olaf\u3000into\u3000Russia\uff1b\u3000to\u3000return\u3000and\u3000fall\u3000
\n
\nin\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000fratricidal\u3000\u3000\u3000battle\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Stiklesteadduring\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000strangely\u3000\u3000\u3000enough\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000total\u3000
\n
\neclipse\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000sunVinland\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000like\u3000\u3000\u3000enough\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000remain\u3000\u3000\u3000still\u3000\u3000\u3000uncolonised\u3002\u3000
\n
\nAfter\u3000\u3000\u3000Cnut’s\u3000\u3000\u3000short\u2026lived\u3000\u3000\u3000triumphking\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Denmark\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Norway\uff1b\u3000
\n
\nEngland\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000half\u3000\u3000\u3000Scotland\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000what\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Wendish\u3000\u3000\u3000Folk\u3000\u3000\u3000inside\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
\n
\nBalticthe\u3000force\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Norsemen\u3000seems\u3000to\u3000have\u3000been\u3000exhausted\u3000in\u3000their\u3000
\n
\nnative\u3000lands\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Once\u3000more\u3000only\uff1b\u3000if\u3000I\u3000remember\u3000right\uff1b\u3000did\u3000\u3003Lochlin\uff1b\u3003\u3000really\u3000
\n
\nand\u3000hopefully\u3000\u3000send\u3000forth\u3000her\u3000\u3003mailed\u3000\u3000\u3000swarm\u3003\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000conquer\u3000a\u3000\u3000foreign\u3000\u3000land\uff1b\u3000
\n
\nand\u3000with\u3000a\u3000result\u3000unexpected\u3000alike\u3000by\u3000them\u3000and\u3000by\u3000their\u3000enemies\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Had\u3000it\u3000
\n
\nbeen\u3000otherwise\uff1b\u3000we\u3000might\u3000not\u3000have\u3000been\u3000here\u3000this\u3000day\u3002\u3000
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Let\u3000me\u3000sketch\u3000for\u3000you\u3000once\u3000morethough\u3000you\u3000have\u3000heard\u3000it\uff1b\u3000doubtless\uff1b\u3000
\n
\nmany\u3000a\u3000timethe\u3000tale\u3000of\u3000that\u3000tremendous\u3000fortnight\u3000which\u3000settled\u3000the\u3000fate\u3000of\u3000
\n
\nBritain\uff1b\u3000and\u3000therefore\u3000of\u3000North\u3000America\uff1b\u3000which\u3000decidedjust\u3000in\u3000those\u3000great\u3000
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\ntimes\u3000when\u3000the\u3000decision\u3000was\u3000to\u3000be\u3000made\u2026\u3000\u2026whether\u3000we\u3000should\u3000be\u3000on\u3000a\u3000par\u3000
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\ntogether\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000one\u3000\u3000\u3000Christian\u3000\u3000\u3000bond\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Popebut\u3000\u3000\u3000heirs\u3000\u3000\u3000also\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Roman\u3000
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\ncivilisation\uff1b\u3000Roman\u3000literature\uff1b\u3000Roman\u3000Law\uff1b\u3000and\u3000therefore\uff1b\u3000in\u3000due\u3000time\uff1b\u3000of\u3000
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\nhung\u3000in\u3000the\u3000balance\u3000during\u3000that\u3000fortnight\u3000of\u3000autumn\uff1b\u30001066\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Poor\u3000old\u3000\u3000\u3000Edward\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Confessor\uff1b\u3000\u3000holy\uff1b\u3000\u3000weak\uff1b\u3000and\u3000sad\uff1b\u3000\u3000lay\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000new\u3000
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\nchoir\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Westminsterwhere\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000wicked\u3000\u3000\u3000ceased\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000troubling\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nEngland\u3000seemed\u3000as\u3000a\u3000corpse\uff1b\u3000to\u3000which\u3000all\u3000the\u3000eagles\u3000might\u3000gather\u3000together\uff1b\u3000
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\nablest\uff1b\u3000and\u3000it\u3000may\u3000be\u3000the\u3000justest\uff1b\u3000man\u3000in\u3000BritainEarl\u3000Harold\u3000Godwinsson\uff1a\u3000
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\nViking\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000time\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Half\u2026brother\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000now\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000dead\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000St\u3002\u3000\u3000Olaf\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000severely\u3000
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\nhands\uff1b\u3000he\u3000had\u3000carved\u3000his\u3000name\u3000and\u3000his\u3000rades’\u3000in\u3000Runic\u3000charactersif\u3000
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\nmarble\u3000lion\uff1b\u3000which\u3000stood\u3000in\u3000his\u3000time\u3000not\u3000in\u3000Venice\u3000but\u3000in\u3000Athens\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000
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\nnow\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000king\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000Norway\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000conqueror\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000time\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000Denmark\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000why\u3000
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\ncivilisation\u3000of\u3000Britain\u3000would\u3000have\u3000been\u3000thrown\u3000back\uff1b\u3000perhaps\uff1b\u3000for\u3000centuries\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000England\u3000WAS\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000conquered\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Norman\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000civilised\uff1b\u3000
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\nnot\u3000the\u3000barbaric\uff1b\u3000by\u3000the\u3000Norse\u3000who\u3000had\u3000settled\uff1b\u3000but\u3000four\u3000generations\u3000before\uff1b\u3000
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\nin\u3000the\u3000North\u3000East\u3000of\u3000France\u3000under\u3000Rou\uff1b\u3000Rollo\uff1b\u3000Rolf\u3000the\u3000Gangerso\u2026called\uff1b\u3000
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\nthey\u3000\u3000\u3000say\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000because\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000legs\u3000\u3000\u3000were\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000so\u3000\u3000long\u3000\u3000\u3000that\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000when\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000horseback\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000
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\nhad\u3000taken\u3000their\u3000share\u3000of\u3000France\uff1b\u3000and\u3000called\u3000it\u3000Normandy\u3000to\u3000this\u3000day\uff1b\u3000and\u3000
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\nmeanwhile\uff1b\u3000with\u3000that\u3000docility\u3000and\u3000adaptability\u3000which\u3000marks\u3000so\u3000often\u3000truly\u3000
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\ngreat\u3000spirits\uff1b\u3000they\u3000had\u3000changed\u3000their\u3000creed\uff1b\u3000their\u3000language\uff1b\u3000their\u3000habits\uff1b\u3000and\u3000
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\nhad\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000bee\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000heathen\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000murderous\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Berserkers\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000\u3000\u3000truly\u3000
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\nfaithful\u3000\u3000\u3000allies\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000servants\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Pope\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Rome\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000So\u3000\u3000\u3000greatly\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000
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\nchanged\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000so\u3000\u3000\u3000fast\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000William\u3000\u3000Duke\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Normandy\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000great\u2026\u3000\u3000\u3000great\u2026\u3000
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\ngrandson\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Rolf\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000wild\u3000\u3000\u3000Viking\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000perhaps\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000finest\u3000\u3000\u3000gentleman\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000
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\nwell\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000\u3000\u3000cultivated\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000sovereign\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000greatest\u3000\u3000\u3000statesman\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nwarrior\u3000in\u3000all\u3000Europe\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000So\u3000Harold\u3000of\u3000Norway\u3000came\u3000with\u3000all\u3000his\u3000Vikings\u3000to\u3000Stamford\u3000Bridge\u3000by\u3000
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\nYork\uff1b\u3000and\u3000took\uff1b\u3000by\u3000ing\uff1b\u3000only\u3000that\u3000which\u3000Harold\u3000of\u3000England\u3000promised\u3000
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\nhim\uff1b\u3000namely\uff1b\u3000\u3003forasmuch\u3000as\u3000he\u3000was\u3000taller\u3000than\u3000any\u3000other\u3000man\uff1b\u3000seven\u3000feet\u3000
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\nof\u3000English\u3000ground\u3002\u3003\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000story\u3000of\u3000that\u3000great\u3000battle\uff1b\u3000told\u3000with\u3000a\u3000few\u3000inaccuracies\uff1b\u3000but\u3000told\u3000as\u3000
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\nonly\u3000great\u3000poets\u3000tell\uff1b\u3000you\u3000should\u3000read\uff1b\u3000if\u3000you\u3000have\u3000not\u3000read\u3000it\u3000already\uff1b\u3000in\u3000the\u3000
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\n\u3003Heimskringla\u3003\u3000of\u3000Snorri\u3000Sturluson\uff1b\u3000the\u3000Homer\u3000of\u3000the\u3000North\uff1a\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000High\u3000feast\u3000that\u3000day\u3000held\u3000the\u3000birds\u3000of\u3000the\u3000air\u3000and\u3000the\u3000beasts\u3000of\u3000the\u3000field\uff1b\u3000
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\nWhite\u2026tailed\u3000erne\u3000and\u3000sallow\u3000glede\uff1b\u3000Dusky\u3000raven\uff1b\u3000with\u3000horny\u3000neb\uff1b\u3000And\u3000the\u3000
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\ngray\u3000deer\u3000the\u3000wolf\u3000of\u3000the\u3000wood\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000bones\u3000of\u3000the\u3000slain\uff1b\u3000men\u3000say\uff1b\u3000whitened\u3000the\u3000place\u3000for\u3000fifty\u3000years\u3000to\u3000
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\ne\u3002\u3000
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\nSeptember\u3000\u3000\u300027\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u30001066William\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Duke\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Normandy\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000French\u2026\u3000
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\nprotection\u3000of\u3000a\u3000banner\u3000consecrated\u3000by\u3000the\u3000Pope\uff1b\u3000to\u3000conquer\u3000that\u3000England\u3000
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\nwhich\u3000the\u3000Norse\u2026speaking\u3000Normans\u3000could\u3000not\u3000conquer\u3002\u3000
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\nSouthern\uff1b\u3000as\u3000he\u3000had\u3000raised\u3000those\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Central\u3000and\u3000Northern\u3000shires\uff1b\u3000and\u3000in\u3000
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\nand\u3000Senlac\uff1b\u3000but\u3000Battle\u3000to\u3000this\u3000daywith\u3000William\u3000and\u3000his\u3000French\u3000Normans\u3000
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\nday\uff1b\u3000and\u3000how\u3000the\u3000old\u3000weapon\u3000was\u3000matched\u3000against\u3000the\u3000newthe\u3000English\u3000
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\naxe\u3000against\u3000the\u3000Norman\u3000lanceand\u3000beaten\u3000only\u3000because\u3000the\u3000English\u3000broke\u3000
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\ncenturies\u3000have\u3000rolled\u3000on\uff1b\u3000the\u3000prize\u3000of\u3000success\u3000in\u3000life\u3002\u3000
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\nSt\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000Olaf\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000indeed\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000forced\u3000\u3000\u3000Christianity\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Norse\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000sword’s\u3000 \n
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\nSt\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000Olaf\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000indeed\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000forced\u3000\u3000\u3000Christianity\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Norse\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000sword’s\u3000\u3000\u3000point\uff1b\u3000
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\noften\u3000by\u3000horrid\u3000cruelties\uff1b\u3000and\u3000perished\u3000in\u3000the\u3000attempt\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000who\u3000forced\u3000it\u3000
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\non\u3000the\u3000Norsemen\u3000of\u3000Scotland\uff1b\u3000England\uff1b\u3000Ireland\uff1b\u3000Neustria\uff1b\u3000Russia\uff1b\u3000and\u3000all\u3000
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\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Eastern\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Baltic\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000absorbed\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000most\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000cases\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000believe\uff1b\u3000
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\ngradually\u3000and\u3000willingly\uff1b\u3000as\u3000a\u3000gospel\u3000and\u3000good\u3000news\u3000to\u3000hearts\u3000worn\u3000out\u3000with\u3000
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\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000storm\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000own\u3000\u3000\u3000passions\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000\u3000\u3000whence\u3000\u3000\u3000came\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000Christianity\uff1f\u3000
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\nMuch\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000it\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000case\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Danes\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000still\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000French\u3000
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\nNormans\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000came\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000direct\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Rome\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000city\u3000\u3000\u3000which\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000let\u3000\u3000them\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000defy\u3000\u3000\u3000its\u3000
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\ninfluence\u3000as\u3000they\u3000would\uff1b\u3000was\u3000still\u3000the\u3000fount\u3000of\u3000all\u3000theology\uff1b\u3000as\u3000well\u3000as\u3000of\u3000all\u3000
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\nmysterious\u3000ancient\u3000Western\u3000Church\uff1b\u3000the\u3000Church\u3000of\u3000St\u3002\u3000Patric\uff1b\u3000St\u3002\u3000Bridget\uff1b\u3000
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\nSt\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000Columba\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000covered\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000rude\u3000\u3000\u3000cells\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000chapels\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000rocky\u3000
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\nislets\u3000of\u3000the\u3000North\u3000Atlantic\uff1b\u3000even\u3000to\u3000Iceland\u3000itself\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Even\u3000to\u3000Iceland\uff1b\u3000for\u3000
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\nwhen\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000island\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000first\u3000\u3000\u3000discovered\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000about\u3000\u3000\u3000A\u3002D\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000840\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Norsemen\u3000
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\nfound\u3000in\u3000an\u3000isle\uff1b\u3000on\u3000the\u3000east\u3000and\u3000west\u3000and\u3000elsewhere\uff1b\u3000Irish\u3000books\u3000and\u3000bells\u3000
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\nand\u3000wooden\u3000crosses\uff1b\u3000and\u3000named\u3000that\u3000island\u3000Papey\uff1b\u3000the\u3000isle\u3000of\u3000the\u3000popes\u3000
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\nsome\u3000\u3000\u3000little\u3000\u3000\u3000colony\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000monks\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000who\u3000\u3000\u3000lived\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000fishing\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000who\u3000\u3000\u3000are\u3000\u3000\u3000said\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
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\nhave\u3000left\u3000the\u3000land\u3000when\u3000the\u3000Norsemen\u3000settled\u3000in\u3000it\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Let\u3000us\u3000believe\uff1b\u3000for\u3000it\u3000
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\nis\u3000\u3000\u3000consonant\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000reason\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000experience\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000sight\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000those\u3000\u3000\u3000poor\u3000
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\nmonks\uff1b\u3000plundered\u3000and\u3000massacred\u3000again\u3000and\u3000again\u3000by\u3000the\u3000\u3003mailed\u3000swarms\u3000
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\nof\u3000\u3000\u3000Lochlin\uff1b\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000yet\u3000\u3000\u3000never\u3000\u3000exterminated\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000springing\u3000\u3000\u3000up\u3000\u3000\u3000again\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000same\u3000
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\nplace\uff1b\u3000ready\u3000for\u3000fresh\u3000massacre\uff1b\u3000a\u3000sacred\u3000plant\u3000which\u3000God\u3000had\u3000planted\uff1b\u3000and\u3000
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\nwhich\u3000\u3000\u3000no\u3000\u3000\u3000rage\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000man\u3000\u3000\u3000could\u3000\u3000\u3000trample\u3000\u3000\u3000outlet\u3000\u3000\u3000us\u3000\u3000\u3000believe\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000say\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000
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\nsight\u3000\u3000\u3000taught\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000last\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000buccaneers\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000old\u3000\u3000\u3000world\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000there\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000
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\npurer\u3000manliness\uff1b\u3000a\u3000loftier\u3000heroism\uff1b\u3000than\u3000the\u3000ferocious\u3000self\u2026assertion\u3000of\u3000the\u3000
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\nBerserker\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000even\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000heroism\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000humility\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000gentleness\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000self\u2026restraint\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000self\u2026\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300016\u2026
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Historical\u3000Lectures\u3000and\u3000Essays\u3000
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\nsacrifice\uff1b\u3000that\u3000there\u3000was\u3000a\u3000strength\u3000which\u3000was\u3000made\u3000perfect\u3000in\u3000weakness\uff1b\u3000a\u3000
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\nglory\uff1b\u3000not\u3000of\u3000the\u3000sword\u3000but\u3000of\u3000the\u3000cross\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000We\u3000will\u3000believe\u3000that\u3000that\u3000was\u3000the\u3000
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\nlesson\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Norsemen\u3000\u3000\u3000learnt\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000after\u3000\u3000\u3000many\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000wild\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000blood\u2026stained\u3000
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\nvoyage\uff1b\u3000from\u3000the\u3000monks\u3000of\u3000Iona\u3000or\u3000of\u3000Derry\uff1b\u3000which\u3000caused\u3000the\u3000building\u3000of\u3000
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\nsuch\u3000churches\u3000as\u3000that\u3000which\u3000Sightrys\uff1b\u3000king\u3000of\u3000Dublin\uff1b\u3000raised\u3000about\u3000the\u3000year\u3000
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\n1030\uff1b\u3000not\u3000in\u3000the\u3000Norse\u3000but\u3000in\u3000the\u3000Irish\u3000quarter\u3000of\u3000Dublin\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000sacred\u3000token\u3000
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\nof\u3000\u3000\u3000amity\u3000\u3000\u3000between\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000new\u3000\u3000\u3000settlers\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000natives\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000ground\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000
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\nmon\u3000faith\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Let\u3000us\u3000believe\uff1b\u3000too\uff1b\u3000that\u3000the\u3000influence\u3000of\u3000woman\u3000was\u3000not\u3000
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\nwanting\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000good\u3000\u3000\u3000workthat\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000story\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000St\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000Margaret\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000Malcolm\u3000
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\nCanmore\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000repeated\uff1b\u3000though\u3000\u3000\u3000inversely\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000case\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000many\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000heathen\u3000
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\nScandinavian\u3000jarl\uff1b\u3000who\uff1b\u3000marrying\u3000the\u3000princely\u3000daughter\u3000of\u3000some\u3000Scottish\u3000
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\nchieftain\uff1b\u3000found\u3000in\u3000her\u3000creed\u3000at\u3000last\u3000something\u3000more\u3000precious\u3000than\u3000herself\uff1b\u3000
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\nwhile\u3000his\u3000brother\u3000or\u3000his\u3000cousin\u3000became\uff1b\u3000at\u3000Dublin\u3000or\u3000Wexford\u3000or\u3000Waterford\uff1b\u3000
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\nthe\u3000husband\u3000of\u3000some\u3000saffron\u2026robed\u3000Irish\u3000princess\uff1b\u3000\u3003fair\u3000as\u3000an\u3000elf\uff1b\u3003\u3000as\u3000the\u3000
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\nold\u3000saying\u3000was\uff1b\u3000some\u3000\u3003maiden\u3000of\u3000the\u3000three\u3000transcendent\u3000hues\uff1b\u3003\u3000of\u3000whom\u3000
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\nthe\u3000old\u3000book\u3000of\u3000Linane\u3000says\uff1a\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Red\u3000as\u3000the\u3000blood\u3000which\u3000flowed\u3000from\u3000stricken\u3000deer\uff1b\u3000White\u3000as\u3000the\u3000snow\u3000
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\non\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000blood\u3000\u3000\u3000ran\u3000\u3000\u3000down\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Black\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000raven\u3000\u3000\u3000who\u3000\u3000\u3000drank\u3000\u3000\u3000up\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000
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\nblood\uff1b\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u2026\u3000and\u3000possibly\uff1b\u3000as\u3000in\u3000the\u3000case\u3000of\u3000Brian\u3000Boru’s\u3000mother\uff1b\u3000had\u3000given\u3000his\u3000
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\nfair\u2026haired\u3000sister\u3000in\u3000marriage\u3000to\u3000some\u3000Irish\u3000prince\uff1b\u3000and\u3000could\u3000not\u3000resist\u3000the\u3000
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\nspell\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000new\u3000\u3000\u3000creed\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000spell\u3000\u3000\u3000too\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000may\u3000\u3000be\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000some\u3000\u3000\u3000sister\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000
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\ntheirs\u3000who\u3000had\u3000long\u3000given\u3000up\u3000all\u3000thought\u3000of\u3000earthly\u3000marriage\u3000to\u3000tend\u3000the\u3000
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\nundying\u3000fire\u3000of\u3000St\u3002\u3000Bridget\u3000among\u3000the\u3000consecrated\u3000virgins\u3000of\u3000Kildare\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000am\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000drawing\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000mere\u3000\u3000\u3000imagination\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000That\u3000\u3000\u3000such\u3000\u3000\u3000things\u3000\u3000\u3000must\u3000
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\nhave\u3000happened\uff1b\u3000and\u3000happened\u3000again\u3000and\u3000again\uff1b\u3000is\u3000certain\u3000to\u3000anyone\u3000who\u3000
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\nknows\uff1b\u3000even\u3000superficially\uff1b\u3000the\u3000documents\u3000of\u3000that\u3000time\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000I\u3000doubt\u3000not\u3000
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\nthat\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000manners\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000well\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000religion\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Norse\u3000\u3000\u3000were\u3000\u3000\u3000humanised\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\ncivilised\u3000by\u3000their\u3000contact\u3000with\u3000the\u3000Celts\uff1b\u3000both\u3000in\u3000Scotland\u3000and\u3000in\u3000Ireland\u3002\u3000
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\nBoth\u3000\u3000\u3000peoples\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000valour\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000intellect\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000imagination\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Celt\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000
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\nwhich\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000burly\u3000\u3000\u3000angular\u3000\u3000\u3000Norse\u3000\u3000\u3000character\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000however\u3000\u3000\u3000deep\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000stately\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nhowever\u3000\u3000\u3000humorous\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000wanted\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000namely\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000music\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000nature\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000tenderness\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000grace\uff1b\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u300016\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300017\u2026
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Historical\u3000Lectures\u3000and\u3000Essays\u3000
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\nrapidity\uff1b\u3000playfulness\uff1b\u3000just\u3000the\u3000qualities\uff1b\u3000bining\u3000with\u3000the\u3000Scandinavian\u3000
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\n\uff08and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000Scotland\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Angle\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000elements\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000character\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000
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\nproduced\uff1b\u3000in\u3000Ireland\u3000and\u3000in\u3000Scotland\uff1b\u3000two\u3000schools\u3000of\u3000lyric\u3000poetry\u3000second\u3000to\u3000
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\nnone\u3000in\u3000the\u3000world\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000so\u3000they\u3000were\u3000converted\u3000to\u3000what\u3000was\u3000then\u3000a\u3000dark\u3000and\u3000awful\u3000creed\uff1b\u3000
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\na\u3000creed\u3000of\u3000ascetic\u3000self\u2026torture\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000purgatorial\u3000\u3000\u3000fires\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000those\u3000\u3000who\u3000\u3000\u3000escape\u3000
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\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000still\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000dreadful\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000because\u3000\u3000\u3000endless\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000doom\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000rest\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000human\u3000
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\nrace\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000because\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000sad\u3000\u3000\u3000creed\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000suited\u3000\u3000\u3000better\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000men\u3000\u3000\u3000who\u3000\u3000\u3000had\uff1b\u3000
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\nwhen\u3000conscience\u3000re\u2026awakened\u3000in\u3000them\uff1b\u3000but\u3000too\u3000good\u3000reason\u3000to\u3000be\u3000sad\uff1b\u3000and\u3000
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\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000minsters\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000cloisters\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000sprang\u3000\u3000\u3000up\u3000\u3000\u3000over\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000whole\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Northern\u3000
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\nEurope\uff1b\u3000and\u3000even\u3000beyond\u3000it\uff1b\u3000along\u3000the\u3000dreary\u3000western\u3000shores\u3000of\u3000Greenland\u3000
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\nthe\u3000sins\u3000of\u3000their\u3000forefathers\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Gudruna\u3000\u3000\u3000herself\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000whom\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000spoke\u3000\u3000\u3000just\u3000\u3000\u3000now\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000one\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000those\u3000old\u3000\u3000\u3000Norse\u3000
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\nheroines\u3000who\u3000helped\u3000to\u3000discover\u3000America\uff1b\u3000though\u3000a\u3000historic\u3000personage\uff1b\u3000is\u3000a\u3000
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\nmany\u3000journeys\u3000to\u3000Iceland\uff1b\u3000Greenland\uff1b\u3000and\u3000Winland\uff1b\u3000goes\u3000on\u3000a\u3000pilgrimage\u3000
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\nto\u3000Rome\uff1b\u3000to\u3000get\uff1b\u3000I\u3000presume\uff1b\u3000absolution\u3000from\u3000the\u3000Pope\u3000himself\u3000for\u3000all\u3000the\u3000
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\nsins\u3000of\u3000her\u3000strange\uff1b\u3000rich\uff1b\u3000stormy\uff1b\u3000wayward\u3000life\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Have\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000you\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000readmany\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000you\u3000\u3000\u3000surely\u3000\u3000\u3000haveLa\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Motte\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Fouque’s\u3000
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\nromance\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003Sintram\uff1f\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000\u3000\u3000embodies\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000would\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000say\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nspiritual\u3000drama\u3000of\u3000that\u3000early\u3000Middle\u3000Age\uff1b\u3000very\u3000sad\uff1b\u3000morbid\u3000if\u3000you\u3000will\uff1b\u3000but\u3000
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\ntrue\u3000to\u3000fact\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000Lady\u3000Verena\u3000ought\u3000not\uff1b\u3000perhaps\uff1b\u3000to\u3000desert\u3000her\u3000husband\uff1b\u3000
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\nand\u3000shut\u3000herself\u3000up\u3000in\u3000a\u3000cloister\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000so\u3000she\u3000would\u3000have\u3000done\u3000in\u3000those\u3000old\u3000
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\nbrutality\u3000of\u3000the\u3000man\u3000seems\u3000past\u3000all\u3000cure\uff1b\u3000who\u3000shall\u3000blame\u3000the\u3000woman\u3000if\u3000she\u3000
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\nglides\u3000\u3000\u3000away\u3000\u3000\u3000into\u3000\u3000\u3000some\u3000\u3000\u3000atmosphere\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000peace\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000purity\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000pray\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000him\u3000
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\nwhom\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000neither\u3000\u3000\u3000warnings\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000nor\u3000\u3000\u3000caresses\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000will\u3000\u3000amend\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000sad\u3000\u3000\u3000book\uff1b\u3000
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\n\u3003Sintram\u3002\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000yet\u3000not\u3000too\u3000sad\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000For\u3000they\u3000were\u3000a\u3000sad\u3000people\uff1b\u3000those\u3000old\u3000
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\nNorse\u3000forefathers\u3000of\u3000ours\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Their\u3000Christianity\u3000was\u3000sad\uff1b\u3000their\u3000minsters\u3000sad\uff1b\u3000
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\nthere\u3000are\u3000few\u3000sadder\uff1b\u3000though\u3000few\u3000grander\uff1b\u3000buildings\u3000than\u3000a\u3000Norman\u3000church\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000\u3000\u3000yet\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000perhaps\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000Christianity\u3000\u3000did\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000make\u3000\u3000\u3000them\u3000\u3000sad\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u300017\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300018\u2026
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Historical\u3000Lectures\u3000and\u3000Essays\u3000
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\nbut\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000other\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000healthier\u3000\u3000\u3000side\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000sadness\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000
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\nheathens\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Read\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000you\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000will\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000old\u3000\u3000\u3000sagasheathen\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000\u3000half\u2026\u3000
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\nChristianthe\u3000Eyrbiggia\uff1b\u3000Viga\u3000Glum\uff1b\u3000Burnt\u3000Niall\uff1b\u3000Grettir\u3000the\u3000Strong\uff1b\u3000and\uff1b\u3000
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\nabove\u3000\u3000\u3000all\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Snorri\u3000\u3000\u3000Sturluson’s\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003Heimskringla\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000itself\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000you\u3000\u3000\u3000will\u3000\u3000\u3000see\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000
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\nonce\u3000how\u3000sad\u3000they\u3000are\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000There\u3000is\uff1b\u3000in\u3000the\u3000old\u3000sagas\uff1b\u3000none\u3000of\u3000that\u3000enjoyment\u3000
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\nof\u3000\u3000\u3000life\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000shines\u3000\u3000\u3000out\u3000\u3000\u3000everywhere\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000Greek\u3000\u3000\u3000poetry\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000even\u3000\u3000\u3000through\u3000\u3000\u3000its\u3000
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\ndeepest\u3000tragedies\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Not\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000placency\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000Nature’s\u3000\u3000\u3000beauty\uff1b\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nfierce\u3000struggle\u3000with\u3000her\u3000wrath\uff1b\u3000does\u3000the\u3000Norseman\u3000feel\u3000pleasure\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Nature\u3000
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\nto\u3000him\u3000was\u3000not\uff1b\u3000as\u3000in\u3000Mr\u3002\u3000Longfellow’s\u3000exquisite\u3000poem\uff1b\u3000\uff5b3\uff5d\u3000the\u3000kind\u3000old\u3000
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\nnurse\uff1b\u3000to\u3000take\u3000him\u3000on\u3000her\u3000knee\u3000and\u3000whisper\u3000to\u3000him\uff1b\u3000ever\u3000anew\uff1b\u3000the\u3000story\u3000
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\nwithout\u3000\u3000\u3000an\u3000\u3000\u3000end\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000She\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000weird\u3000\u3000\u3000witch\u2026wife\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000mother\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000storm\u3000\u3000\u3000demons\u3000
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\nand\u3000frost\u3000giants\uff1b\u3000who\u3000must\u3000be\u3000fought\u3000with\u3000steadily\uff1b\u3000\u3000warily\uff1b\u3000wearily\uff1b\u3000\u3000over\u3000
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\ndreary\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000heaths\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000snow\u2026capped\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000fells\uff1b\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000rugged\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000nesses\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000tossing\u3000
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\nwould\u3000yield\u3000no\u3000more\uff1b\u3000or\u3000wet\u3000harvests\u3000spoiled\u3000the\u3000crops\uff1b\u3000or\u3000heavy\u3000snows\u3000
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\nstarved\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000cattle\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000\u3000\u3000so\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Norseman\u3000\u3000\u3000launched\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000ships\u3000\u3000\u3000when\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nlands\u3000were\u3000sown\u3000in\u3000spring\uff1b\u3000and\u3000went\u3000forth\u3000to\u3000pillage\u3000or\u3000to\u3000trade\uff1b\u3000as\u3000luck\u3000
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\nwould\u3000have\uff1b\u3000to\u3000summerted\uff1b\u3000as\u3000he\u3000himself\u3000called\u3000it\uff1b\u3000and\u3000came\u3000back\uff1b\u3000if\u3000he\u3000
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\never\u3000\u3000\u3000came\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000autumn\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000women\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000help\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000harvest\u2026time\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000blood\u3000
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\nstill\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000Three\u3000out\u3000of\u3000four\u3000of\u3000them\u3000had\u3000been\u3000mixed\u3000up\u3000in\u3000some\u3000man\u2026slaying\uff1b\u3000
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\nor\u3000had\u3000some\u3000blood\u2026feud\u3000to\u3000avenge\u3000among\u3000their\u3000own\u3000kin\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000\u3000\u3000whole\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Scandinavia\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Denmark\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Sweden\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Norway\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Orkney\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nthe\u3000rest\uff1b\u3000remind\u3000me\u3000ever\u3000of\u3000that\u3000terrible\u3000picture\u3000of\u3000the\u3000great\u3000Norse\u3000painter\uff1b\u3000
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\nTiddeman\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000two\u3000\u3000\u3000splendid\u3000\u3000\u3000youths\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000lashed\u3000\u3000\u3000together\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000true\u3000\u3000\u3000Norse\u3000
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\nduel\u3000fashion\u3000by\u3000the\u3000waist\uff1b\u3000are\u3000hewing\u3000each\u3000other\u3000to\u3000death\u3000with\u3000the\u3000short\u3000
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\naxe\uff1b\u3000about\u3000some\u3000hot\u3000words\u3000over\u3000their\u3000ale\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000loss\u3000of\u3000life\uff1b\u3000and\u3000that\u3000of\u3000the\u3000
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\nmost\u3000gallant\u3000of\u3000the\u3000young\uff1b\u3000in\u3000those\u3000days\u3000must\u3000have\u3000been\u3000enormous\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000If\u3000the\u3000
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\nvitality\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000race\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000been\u3000\u3000\u3000even\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000enormous\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000\u3000\u3000must\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000
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\ndestroyed\u3000\u3000\u3000each\u3000\u3000\u3000other\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Red\u3000\u3000\u3000Indians\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000\u3000\u3000done\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000off\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000face\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300019\u2026
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Historical\u3000Lectures\u3000and\u3000Essays\u3000
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\nearth\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000They\u3000\u3000\u3000lived\u3000\u3000\u3000these\u3000\u3000\u3000Norsemen\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000livethey\u3000\u3000\u3000lived\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000die\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000For\u3000
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\nwhat\u3000\u3000\u3000cared\u3000\u3000\u3000they\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000Deathwhat\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000death\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000them\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000what\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nJomsburger\u3000Viking\uff1b\u3000who\uff1b\u3000when\u3000led\u3000out\u3000to\u3000execution\uff1b\u3000said\u3000to\u3000the\u3000headsman\uff1a\u3000
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\n\u3003Die\uff01\u3000with\u3000all\u3000pleasure\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000We\u3000used\u3000to\u3000question\u3000in\u3000Jomsburg\u3000whether\u3000a\u3000man\u3000
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\nfelt\u3000when\u3000his\u3000head\u3000was\u3000off\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Now\u3000I\u3000shall\u3000know\uff1b\u3000but\u3000if\u3000I\u3000do\uff1b\u3000take\u3000care\uff1b\u3000for\u3000I\u3000
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\nshall\u3000smite\u3000thee\u3000with\u3000my\u3000knife\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000meanwhile\uff1b\u3000spoil\u3000not\u3000this\u3000long\u3000hair\u3000
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\nof\u3000mine\uff1b\u3000it\u3000is\u3000so\u3000beautiful\u3002\u3003\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\uff1b\u3000oh\uff01\u3000what\u3000waste\uff01\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000What\u3000might\u3000not\u3000these\u3000men\u3000have\u3000done\u3000if\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000
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\nhad\u3000sought\u3000peace\uff1b\u3000not\u3000war\uff1b\u3000if\u3000they\u3000had\u3000learned\u3000a\u3000few\u3000centuries\u3000sooner\u3000to\u3000do\u3000
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\njustly\uff1b\u3000and\u3000love\u3000mercy\uff1b\u3000and\u3000walk\u3000humbly\u3000with\u3000their\u3000God\uff1f\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000We\u3000are\u3000scarce\u3000bound\u3000to\u3000believe\u3000positively\u3000the\u3000story\u3000how\u3000Cyrus\u3000made\u3000
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\none\u3000war\u3000too\u3000many\uff1b\u3000and\u3000was\u3000cut\u3000off\u3000in\u3000the\u3000Scythian\u3000deserts\uff1b\u3000falling\u3000before\u3000
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\nthe\u3000arrows\u3000of\u3000mere\u3000savages\uff1b\u3000and\u3000how\u3000their\u3000queen\uff1b\u3000Tomyr \n
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\nthe\u3000arrows\u3000of\u3000mere\u3000savages\uff1b\u3000and\u3000how\u3000their\u3000queen\uff1b\u3000Tomyris\uff1b\u3000poured\u3000blood\u3000
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\ndown\u3000the\u3000throat\u3000of\u3000the\u3000dead\u3000corpse\uff1b\u3000with\u3000the\u3000words\uff1b\u3000\u3003Glut\u3000thyself\u3000with\u3000the\u3000
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\nstates\u3000it\u3000expressly\uff1b\u3000and\u3000with\u3000detailthat\u3000Cyrus\uff1b\u3000from\u3000the\u3000very\u3000time\u3000of\u3000his\u3000
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\ntriumph\uff1b\u3000became\u3000an\u3000Eastern\u3000despot\uff1b\u3000a\u3000sultan\u3000or\u3000a\u3000shah\uff1b\u3000living\u3000apart\u3000from\u3000
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\nhis\u3000people\u3000in\u3000mysterious\u3000splendour\uff1b\u3000in\u3000the\u3000vast\u3000fortified\u3000palace\u3000which\u3000he\u3000
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\nbuilt\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000himself\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000imitating\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000causing\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000nobles\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000satraps\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
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\nimitate\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000vice\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000effeminacy\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000very\u3000\u3000\u3000Medes\u3000\u3000\u3000whom\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000
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\nconquered\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000of\u3000this\u3000there\u3000is\u3000no\u3000doubtthat\u3000his\u3000sons\u3000and\u3000their\u3000empire\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300036\u2026
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\nran\u3000\u3000\u3000rapidly\u3000\u3000\u3000through\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000same\u3000\u3000\u3000vicious\u3000\u3000\u3000circle\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000corruption\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000
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\ndespotisms\u3000are\u3000doomed\uff1b\u3000and\u3000became\u3000within\u3000250\u3000years\uff1b\u3000even\u3000as\u3000the\u3000Medes\uff1b\u3000
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\nthe\u3000Chaldeans\uff1b\u3000the\u3000Lydians\uff1b\u3000whom\u3000they\u3000had\u3000conquered\uff1b\u3000children\u3000no\u3000longer\u3000
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\nof\u3000\u3000\u3000Ahura\u3000\u3000\u3000Mazda\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Ahriman\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000darkness\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000light\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000
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\nconquered\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000Alexander\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Greeks\u3000\u3000\u3000even\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000rapidly\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000
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\nshamefully\u3000than\u3000they\u3000had\u3000conquered\u3000the\u3000East\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000This\u3000is\u3000the\u3000short\u3000epic\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Persian\u3000Empire\uff1b\u3000ending\uff1b\u3000alas\uff01\u3000as\u3000all\u3000human\u3000
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\nepics\u3000are\u3000wont\u3000to\u3000end\uff1b\u3000sadly\uff1b\u3000if\u3000not\u3000shamefully\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000\u3000\u3000let\u3000\u3000\u3000me\u3000\u3000\u3000ask\u3000\u3000\u3000you\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Did\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000say\u3000\u3000\u3000too\u3000\u3000\u3000much\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000when\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000said\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000these\u3000
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\nPersians\u3000we\u3000owe\u3000that\u3000we\u3000are\u3000here\u3000to\u2026night\uff1f\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000do\u3000not\u3000say\u3000that\u3000without\u3000them\u3000we\u3000should\u3000not\u3000have\u3000been\u3000here\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000God\uff1b\u3000I\u3000
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\npresume\uff1b\u3000when\u3000He\u3000is\u3000minded\u3000to\u3000do\u3000anything\uff1b\u3000has\u3000more\u3000than\u3000one\u3000way\u3000of\u3000
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\ndoing\u3000it\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000that\u3000we\u3000are\u3000now\u3000the\u3000last\u3000link\u3000in\u3000a\u3000chain\u3000of\u3000causes\u3000and\u3000effects\u3000which\u3000
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\nreaches\u3000as\u3000far\u3000back\u3000as\u3000the\u3000emigration\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Persians\u3000southward\u3000from\u3000the\u3000
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\nplateau\u3000of\u3000Pamir\uff1b\u3000we\u3000cannot\u3000doubt\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000For\u3000see\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000By\u3000the\u3000fall\u3000of\u3000Babylon\u3000and\u3000its\u3000empire\u3000the\u3000Jews\u3000were\u3000freed\u3000
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\nfrom\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000captivitylarge\u3000\u3000\u3000numbers\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000them\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000leastand\u3000\u3000\u3000sent\u3000\u3000\u3000home\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
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\ntheir\u3000\u3000\u3000own\u3000\u3000\u3000Jerusalem\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000What\u3000\u3000\u3000motives\u3000\u3000\u3000prompted\u3000\u3000\u3000Cyrus\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000Darius\u3000\u3000\u3000after\u3000
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\nhim\uff1b\u3000to\u3000do\u3000that\u3000deed\uff1f\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Those\u3000who\u3000like\u3000to\u3000impute\u3000the\u3000lowest\u3000motives\u3000may\u3000say\uff1b\u3000if\u3000they\u3000will\uff1b\u3000that\u3000
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\nDaniel\u3000and\u3000the\u3000later\u3000Isaiah\u3000found\u3000it\u3000politic\u3000to\u3000worship\u3000the\u3000rising\u3000sun\uff1b\u3000and\u3000
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\nflatter\u3000the\u3000Persian\u3000conquerors\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000that\u3000Cyrus\u3000and\u3000Darius\u3000in\u3000turn\u3000were\u3000
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\nglad\u3000to\u3000see\u3000Jerusalem\u3000rebuilt\uff1b\u3000as\u3000an\u3000impregnable\u3000frontier\u3000fortress\u3000between\u3000
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\nthem\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000Egypt\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Be\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000so\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000I\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000who\u3000\u3000\u3000wish\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000talk\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000things\u3000\u3000\u3000noble\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000pure\uff1b\u3000
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\nlovely\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000good\u3000\u3000\u3000report\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000would\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000rather\u3000\u3000\u3000point\u3000\u3000\u3000you\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000once\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nmagnificent\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000poetry\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000later\u3000\u3000\u3000Isaiah\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000mences\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u300040th\u3000
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\nchapter\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Book\u3000of\u3000Isaiah\uff1b\u3000and\u3000say\u3000There\uff1b\u3000upon\u3000the\u3000very\u3000face\u3000of\u3000the\u3000
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\ndocument\uff1b\u3000stands\u3000written\u3000the\u3000fact\u3000that\u3000the\u3000sympathy\u3000between\u3000the\u3000faithful\u3000
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\nPersian\u3000and\u3000the\u3000faithful\u3000Jew\u2026\u3000\u2026the\u3000two\u3000puritans\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Old\u3000World\uff1b\u3000the\u3000two\u3000
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\nhaters\u3000of\u3000lies\uff1b\u3000idolatries\uff1b\u3000superstitions\uff1b\u3000was\u3000actually\u3000as\u3000intense\u3000as\u3000it\u3000ought\u3000to\u3000
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\nhave\u3000been\uff1b\u3000as\u3000it\u3000must\u3000have\u3000been\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u300036\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300037\u2026
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Be\u3000that\u3000as\u3000it\u3000may\uff1b\u3000the\u3000return\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Jews\u3000to\u3000Jerusalem\u3000preserved\u3000for\u3000us\u3000
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\nthe\u3000Old\u3000Testament\uff1b\u3000while\u3000it\u3000restored\u3000to\u3000them\u3000a\u3000national\u3000centre\uff1b\u3000a\u3000sacred\u3000city\uff1b\u3000
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\nlike\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Delphi\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Greeks\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Rome\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Romans\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Mecca\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nMuslim\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000loyalty\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000prevented\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000being\u3000\u3000\u3000utterly\u3000\u3000\u3000absorbed\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nmore\u3000civilised\u3000Eastern\u3000races\u3000among\u3000whom\u3000they\u3000had\u3000been\u3000scattered\u3000abroad\u3000
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\nas\u3000colonies\u3000of\u3000captives\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Then\u3000another\uff1b\u3000and\u3000a\u3000seemingly\u3000needful\u3000link\u3000of\u3000cause\u3000and\u3000effect\u3000ensued\uff1a\u3000
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\nAlexander\u3000of\u3000Macedon\u3000destroyed\u3000the\u3000Persian\u3000Empire\uff1b\u3000and\u3000the\u3000East\u3000became\u3000
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\nGreek\uff1b\u3000and\u3000Alexandria\uff1b\u3000rather\u3000than\u3000Jerusalem\uff1b\u3000became\u3000the\u3000head\u2026quarters\u3000of\u3000
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\nJewish\u3000\u3000\u3000learning\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000very\u3000\u3000\u3000cause\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Scriptures\u3000\u3000\u3000were\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000left\u3000
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\ninaccessible\u3000to\u3000the\u3000mass\u3000of\u3000mankind\uff1b\u3000like\u3000the\u3000old\u3000Pehlevi\u3000liturgies\u3000of\u3000the\u3000
\n
\nZend\u2026avesta\uff1b\u3000or\u3000the\u3000old\u3000Sanscrit\u3000Vedas\uff1b\u3000in\u3000an\u3000obsolete\u3000and\u3000hieratic\u3000tongue\uff1b\u3000
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\nbut\u3000\u3000\u3000were\u3000\u3000\u3000translated\u3000\u3000\u3000into\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000continued\u3000\u3000\u3000in\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000then\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000world\u2026wide\u3000
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\nHellenic\u3000\u3000\u3000speech\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000ancient\u3000\u3000\u3000world\u3000\u3000\u3000what\u3000\u3000\u3000French\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nmodern\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Then\u3000the\u3000East\u3000became\u3000Roman\uff1b\u3000without\u3000losing\u3000its\u3000Greek\u3000speech\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000
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\nunder\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000wide\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000domination\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000later\u3000\u3000\u3000Roman\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Empirewhich\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000
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\nsubdued\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000organised\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000whole\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000known\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000world\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000save\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Parthian\u3000
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\ndescendants\u3000of\u3000those\u3000old\u3000Persians\uff1b\u3000and\u3000our\u3000old\u3000Teutonic\u3000forefathers\u3000in\u3000their\u3000
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\nGerman\u3000\u3000\u3000forests\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000Scandinavian\u3000\u3000\u3000shoresthat\u3000\u3000\u3000Divine\u3000\u3000book\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000
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\ncarried\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000far\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000wide\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000East\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000West\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000South\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000heart\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000
\n
\nAbyssinia\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000mountains\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Armenia\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000isles\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000ocean\uff1b\u3000
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\nbeyond\u3000Britain\u3000itself\u3000to\u3000Ireland\u3000and\u3000to\u3000the\u3000Hebrides\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000that\u3000bookso\u3000strangely\u3000coinciding\u3000with\u3000the\u3000old\u3000creed\u3000of\u3000the\u3000earlier\u3000
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\nPersiansthat\u3000\u3000\u3000book\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000long\u3000\u3000\u3000misunderstood\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000long\u3000\u3000\u3000overlain\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000dust\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\novergrown\u3000by\u3000the\u3000parasitic\u3000fungi\u3000of\u3000centuries\uff1b\u3000that\u3000book\u3000it\u3000was\u3000which\u3000sent\u3000
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\nto\u3000\u3000\u3000these\u3000\u3000\u3000trans\u2026Atlantic\u3000\u3000\u3000shores\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000founders\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000your\u3000\u3000\u3000great\u3000\u3000\u3000nation\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000That\u3000
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\nbook\u3000gave\u3000them\u3000their\u3000instinct\u3000of\u3000Freedom\uff1b\u3000tempered\u3000by\u3000reverence\u3000for\u3000Law\u3002\u3000
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\nThat\u3000book\u3000gave\u3000them\u3000their\u3000hatred\u3000of\u3000idolatry\uff1b\u3000and\u3000made\u3000them\u3000not\u3000only\u3000say\u3000
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\nbut\u3000act\u3000upon\u3000their\u3000own\u3000words\uff1b\u3000with\u3000these\u3000old\u3000Persians\u3000and\u3000with\u3000the\u3000Jewish\u3000
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\nprophets\u3000\u3000\u3000alike\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Sacrifice\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000burnt\u3000\u3000\u3000offering\u3000\u3000\u3000thou\u3000\u3000\u3000wouldst\u3000\u3000\u3000not\uff1b\u3000Then\u3000\u3000\u3000said\u3000
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\nwe\uff1b\u3000Lo\uff1b\u3000we\u3000e\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000In\u3000the\u3000volume\u3000of\u3000the\u3000book\u3000it\u3000is\u3000written\u3000of\u3000us\uff1b\u3000that\u3000we\u3000
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\nand\u3000any\u3000praise\u3000to\u3000think\uff1b\u3000as\u3000St\u3002\u3000Paul\u3000bids\u3000us\u3000all\uff1b\u3000of\u3000such\u3000things\uff1b\u3000that\u3000we\u3000may\u3000
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\nkeep\u3000up\u3000in\u3000our\u3000minds\u3000as\u3000much\u3000as\u3000possible\u3000a\u3000lofty\u3000standard\uff1b\u3000a\u3000pure\u3000ideal\uff1b\u3000
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\ninstead\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000sinking\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000mere\u3000\u3000\u3000selfish\u3000\u3000\u3000standard\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000judges\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000things\uff1b\u3000
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\nframe\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000mind\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000man\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000grows\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000believe\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000world\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000
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\nconstructed\u3000of\u3000bricks\u3000and\u3000timber\uff1b\u3000and\u3000kept\u3000going\u3000by\u3000the\u3000price\u3000of\u3000stocks\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000We\u3000\u3000\u3000are\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000tempted\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000easier\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000prosperous\u3000\u3000\u3000we\u3000\u3000\u3000are\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nmore\u3000we\u3000are\u3000tempted\uff1b\u3000to\u3000fall\u3000into\u3000that\u3000sordid\u3000and\u3000shallow\u3000frame\u3000of\u3000mind\u3002\u3000
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\ndeliver\u3000me\u3000from\u3000the\u3000burden\u3000of\u3000this\u3000animal\u3000and\u3000mortal\u3000body\uff1a\u3000
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\nscant\uff1b\u3000More\u3000life\uff1b\u3000and\u3000fuller\uff1b\u3000that\u3000I\u3000want\u3002\u3000
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\nman\uff1b\u3000and\u3000this\u3000same\u3000gross\u3000flesh\uff1b\u3000this\u3000animal\u3000ape\u2026nature\u3000in\u3000me\uff1b\u3000shall\u3000be\u3000the\u3000
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\nvery\u3000element\u3000in\u3000me\u3000which\u3000I\u3000will\u3000renounce\uff1b\u3000defy\uff1b\u3000despise\uff1b\u3000at\u3000least\uff1b\u3000if\u3000I\u3000am\u3000
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\nindulgenceeven\u3000more\u3000aesthetic\u3000and\u3000artistic\u3000luxury\uff1b\u3000but\u3000more\u3000virtue\uff1b\u3000more\u3000
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\nknowledge\uff1b\u3000more\u3000self\u2026control\uff1b\u3000even\u3000though\u3000I\u3000earn\u3000scanty\u3000bread\u3000by\u3000heavy\u3000
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\nphilosophers\u3000had\u3000stuck\u3000more\u3000closely\u3000to\u3000this\u3000old\u3000proverb\uff1b\u3000and\u3000its\u3000defining\u3000
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\nverb\u3000\u3003make\uff1b\u3003\u3000and\u3000tried\u3000to\u3000show\u3000how\u3000some\u3000person\u3000or\u3000personslet\u3000them\u3000be\u3000
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\nexperience\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000while\u3000their\u3000theory\u3000is\uff1b\u3000that\u3000the\u3000sow’s\u3000ear\u3000grew\u3000into\u3000a\u3000silk\u3000
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\nbettering\u3000itself\u3000in\u3000life\uff1b\u3000why\uff1b\u3000I\u3000think\u3000that\u3000those\u3000who\u3000have\u3000studied\u3000the\u3000history\u3000
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\nwhich\u3000lies\u3000behind\u3000them\uff1b\u3000and\u3000the\u3000poor\u3000human\u3000nature\u3000which\u3000is\u3000struggling\uff1b\u3000
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\nand\u3000sinning\uff1b\u3000and\u3000sorrowing\uff1b\u3000and\u3000failing\u3000around\u3000them\uff1b\u3000and\u3000which\u3000seems\u3000on\u3000
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\nno\u3000means\u3000bettering\u3000itself\uff1b\u3000save\u3000in\u3000the\u3000increase\u3000of\u3000opera\u2026houses\uff1b\u3000liquor\u2026bars\uff1b\u3000
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\nand\u3000gambling\u2026tables\uff1b\u3000and\u3000that\u3000which\u3000pertaineth\u3000thereto\uff1b\u3000then\u3000we\uff1b\u3000I\u3000think\uff1b\u3000
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\nmay\u3000be\u3000excused\u3000if\u3000we\u3000say\u3000with\u3000the\u3000old\u3000Stoics\uff07Greek\u3000text\uff07I\u3000withhold\u3000my\u3000
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\njudgment\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000know\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000nothing\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000about\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000matter\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000yet\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000you\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000oh\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000my\u3000
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\nimaginative\u3000though\u3000learned\u3000friends\uff1b\u3000know\u3000I\u3000suspect\u3000very\u3000little\u3000either\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Eldest\u3000of\u3000things\uff1b\u3000Divine\u3000Equality\uff1a\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000so\u3000sang\u3000poor\u3000Shelley\uff1b\u3000and\u3000with\u3000a\u3000certain\u3000truth\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000For\u3000if\uff1b\u3000as\u3000I\u3000believe\uff1b\u3000
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\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000human\u3000\u3000\u3000race\u3000\u3000\u3000sprang\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000single\u3000\u3000\u3000pair\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000there\u3000\u3000\u3000must\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000\u3000\u3000been\u3000\u3000\u3000among\u3000
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\n the\u3000\u3000\u3000human\u3000\u3000\u3000race\u3000\u3000\u3000sprang\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000single\u3000\u3000\u3000pair\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000there\u3000\u3000\u3000must\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000\u3000\u3000been\u3000\u3000\u3000among\u3000
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\ntheir\u3000\u3000\u3000individual\u3000\u3000\u3000descendants\u3000\u3000\u3000an\u3000\u3000\u3000equality\u3000\u3000\u3000far\u3000\u3000\u3000greater\u3000\u3000\u3000than\u3000\u3000\u3000any\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000has\u3000
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\nbeen\u3000known\u3000on\u3000earth\u3000during\u3000historic\u3000times\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000that\u3000equality\u3000was\u3000at\u3000best\u3000
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\nthe\u3000infantile\u3000innocence\u3000of\u3000the\u3000primary\u3000race\uff1b\u3000which\u3000faded\u3000away\u3000in\u3000the\u3000race\u3000
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\nas\u3000\u3000\u3000quickly\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000alas\uff01\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000does\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000individual\u3000\u3000\u3000child\u3002\u3000Divinetherefore\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000
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\nwas\u3000\u3000\u3000one\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000first\u3000\u3000\u3000blessings\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000man\u3000\u3000\u3000lost\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000one\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000last\uff1b\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000fear\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
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\nwhich\u3000he\u3000will\u3000return\uff1b\u3000that\u3000to\u3000which\u3000civilisation\uff1b\u3000even\u3000at\u3000its\u3000best\u3000yet\u3000known\uff1b\u3000
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\nhas\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000yet\u3000\u3000\u3000attained\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000save\u3000\u3000\u3000here\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000there\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000short\u3000\u3000\u3000periods\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000towards\u3000
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\nwhich\u3000it\u3000is\u3000striving\u3000as\u3000an\u3000ideal\u3000goal\uff1b\u3000and\uff1b\u3000as\u3000I\u3000trust\uff1b\u3000not\u3000in\u3000vain\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000eldest\u3000of\u3000things\u3000which\u3000we\u3000see\u3000actually\u3000as\u3000history\u3000is\u3000not\u3000equality\uff1b\u3000
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\nbut\u3000\u3000\u3000an\u3000\u3000\u3000already\u3000\u3000\u3000developed\u3000\u3000\u3000hideous\u3000\u3000\u3000inequality\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000trying\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000perpetuate\u3000\u3000\u3000itself\uff1b\u3000
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\nand\u3000yet\u3000by\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000divine\u3000and\u3000gracious\u3000law\uff1b\u3000destroying\u3000itself\u3000by\u3000the\u3000very\u3000
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\nmeans\u3000which\u3000it\u3000uses\u3000to\u3000keep\u3000itself\u3000alive\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003There\u3000were\u3000giants\u3000in\u3000the\u3000earth\u3000in\u3000those\u3000days\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000Nimrod\u3000began\u3000to\u3000
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\nbe\u3000a\u3000mighty\u3000one\u3000in\u3000the\u3000earth\u3003\u3000\u2026\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000A\u3000mighty\u3000hunter\uff1b\u3000and\u3000his\u3000game\u3000was\u3000man\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000No\uff1b\u3000it\u3000is\u3000not\u3000equality\u3000which\u3000we\u3000see\u3000through\u3000the\u3000dim\u3000mist\u3000of\u3000bygone\u3000
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\nages\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000What\u3000we\u3000do\u3000see\u3000isI\u3000know\u3000not\u3000whether\u3000you\u3000will\u3000think\u3000me\u3000superstitious\u3000
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\nor\u3000old\u2026fashioned\uff1b\u3000but\u3000so\u3000I\u3000holdvery\u3000much\u3000what\u3000the\u3000earlier\u3000books\u3000of\u3000the\u3000
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\nBible\u3000\u3000\u3000show\u3000\u3000\u3000us\u3000\u3000\u3000under\u3000\u3000\u3000symbolic\u3000\u3000\u3000laws\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Greek\u3000\u3000\u3000histories\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Roman\u3000\u3000\u3000histories\uff1b\u3000
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\nEgyptian\u3000histories\uff1b\u3000Eastern\u3000histories\uff1b\u3000inscriptions\uff1b\u3000national\u3000epics\uff1b\u3000legends\uff1b\u3000
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\nfragments\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000legendsin\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000New\u3000World\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000Oldall\u3000tell\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000same\u3000
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\nstory\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Not\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000story\u3000\u3000without\u3000an\u3000\u3000\u3000end\uff1b\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000story\u3000\u3000without\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000beginning\u3002\u3000
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\nAs\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Hindoo\u3000\u3000\u3000cosmogony\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000world\u3000\u3000\u3000stands\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000an\u3000\u3000\u3000elephant\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nelephant\u3000on\u3000a\u3000tortoise\uff1b\u3000and\u3000the\u3000tortoise\u3000onwhat\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000No\u3000man\u3000knows\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000do\u3000
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\nnot\u3000\u3000\u3000know\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000\u3000only\u3000\u3000\u3000assert\u3000\u3000\u3000deliberately\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000waiting\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000Napoleon\u3000\u3000\u3000says\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000till\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nworld\u3000\u3000\u3000e\u3000\u3000\u3000round\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000me\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000tortoise\u3000\u3000\u3000does\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000standas\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000\u3000held\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000
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\ncertain\u3000\u3000\u3000anthropologists\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000some\u3000\u3000\u3000honoured\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000me\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000some\u3000\u3000\u3000personally\u3000\u3000\u3000dear\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
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\nmeupon\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000savages\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000who\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000chipped\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000flints\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000fed\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000mammoth\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nreindeer\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000North\u2026Western\u3000\u3000\u3000Europe\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000shortly\u3000\u3000\u3000after\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000age\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000ice\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000few\u3000
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\nhundred\u3000\u3000\u3000thousand\u3000\u3000\u3000years\u3000\u3000\u3000ago\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000These\u3000\u3000\u3000sturdy\u3000\u3000\u3000little\u3000\u3000\u3000fellowsthe\u3000\u3000\u3000kinsmen\u3000
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\nprobably\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Esquimaux\u3000and\u3000Lappscould\u3000have\u3000been\u3000but\u3000the\u3000AVANT\u2026\u3000
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\nCOURIERS\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000probably\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000fugitives\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000true\u3000\u3000\u3000mass\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000
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\nmankindspreading\u3000\u3000\u3000northward\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Tropics\u3000\u3000\u3000into\u3000\u3000\u3000climes\u3000\u3000\u3000being\uff1b\u3000
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\nafter\u3000the\u3000long\u3000catastrophe\u3000of\u3000the\u3000age\u3000of\u3000ice\uff1b\u3000once\u3000more\u3000genial\u3000enough\u3000to\u3000
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\nsupport\u3000men\u3000who\u3000knew\u3000what\u3000decent\u3000fort\u3000was\uff1b\u3000and\u3000were\u3000strong\u3000enough\u3000
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\nto\u3000\u3000\u3000get\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000same\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000means\u3000\u3000\u3000fair\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000\u3000foul\u3002\u3000No\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000\u3000\u3000tortoise\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300044\u2026
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\nhuman\u3000\u3000\u3000race\u3000\u3000\u3000does\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000stand\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000savage\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000\u3000\u3000savage\u3000\u3000\u3000may\u3000\u3000\u3000stand\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000an\u3000
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\nape\u2026like\u3000creature\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000do\u3000not\u3000say\u3000that\u3000he\u3000does\u3000not\u3002\u3000I\u3000do\u3000not\u3000say\u3000that\u3000he\u3000does\u3002\u3000
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\nI\u3000do\u3000not\u3000know\uff1b\u3000and\u3000no\u3000man\u3000knows\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000at\u3000least\u3000I\u3000say\u3000that\u3000the\u3000civilised\u3000
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\nman\u3000and\u3000his\u3000world\u3000stand\u3000not\u3000upon\u3000creatures\u3000like\u3000to\u3000any\u3000savage\u3000now\u3000known\u3000
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\nupon\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000earth\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000For\u3000\u3000\u3000first\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000seems\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000\u3000\u3000unlikely\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000next\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nmore\u3000important\u3000to\u3000an\u3000inductive\u3000philosopher\uff1b\u3000there\u3000is\u3000no\u3000proof\u3000of\u3000it\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000see\u3000
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\nno\u3000\u3000\u3000savages\u3000\u3000\u3000being\u3000\u3000\u3000really\u3000\u3000\u3000civilised\u3000\u3000\u3000menthat\u3000\u3000\u3000is\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000merely\u3000\u3000\u3000men\u3000\u3000\u3000who\u3000
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\nwill\u3000ape\u3000the\u3000outside\u3000of\u3000our\u3000so\u2026called\u3000civilisation\uff1b\u3000even\u3000absorb\u3000a\u3000few\u3000of\u3000our\u3000
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\nideas\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000merely\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000that\uff1b\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000truly\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000civilised\u3000\u3000\u3000men\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000who\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000will\u3000\u3000\u3000think\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000
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\nthemselves\uff1b\u3000invent\u3000for\u3000themselves\uff1b\u3000act\u3000for\u3000themselves\uff1b\u3000and\u3000when\u3000the\u3000sacred\u3000
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\nunextinguished\uff1b\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000transmit\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000successors\u3000\u3000\u3000without\u3000\u3000\u3000running\u3000\u3000back\u3000
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\nevery\u3000\u3000\u3000moment\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000get\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000relighted\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000those\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000whom\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000\u3000\u3000received\u3000\u3000\u3000it\uff1a\u3000
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\nand\u3000who\u3000are\u3000boundremember\u3000thatpatiently\u3000and\u3000lovingly\u3000to\u3000relight\u3000it\u3000for\u3000
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\nthem\uff1b\u3000to\u3000give\u3000freely\u3000to\u3000all\u3000their\u3000fellow\u2026men\u3000of\u3000that\u3000which\u3000God\u3000has\u3000given\u3000to\u3000
\n
\nthem\u3000and\u3000to\u3000their\u3000ancestors\uff1b\u3000and\u3000let\u3000God\uff1b\u3000not\u3000man\uff1b\u3000be\u3000judge\u3000of\u3000how\u3000much\u3000
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\nthe\u3000Red\u3000Indian\u3000or\u3000the\u3000Polynesian\uff1b\u3000the\u3000Caffre\u3000or\u3000the\u3000Chinese\uff1b\u3000is\u3000capable\u3000of\u3000
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\nreceiving\u3000and\u3000of\u3000using\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Moreover\uff1b\u3000in\u3000history\u3000there\u3000is\u3000no\u3000record\uff1b\u3000absolutely\u3000no\u3000record\uff1b\u3000as\u3000far\u3000as\u3000I\u3000
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\nam\u3000\u3000\u3000aware\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000any\u3000\u3000\u3000savage\u3000\u3000\u3000tribe\u3000\u3000\u3000civilising\u3000\u3000\u3000itself\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000bold\u3000\u3000\u3000saying\u3002\u3000I\u3000
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\nstand\u3000by\u3000my\u3000assertion\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000happy\u3000to\u3000find\u3000myself\u3000confuted\uff1b\u3000even\u3000in\u3000a\u3000
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\nsingle\u3000instance\uff1b\u3000for\u3000my\u3000being\u3000wrong\u3000would\u3000give\u3000me\uff1b\u3000what\u3000I\u3000can\u3000have\u3000no\u3000
\n
\nobjection\u3000to\u3000possess\uff1b\u3000a\u3000higher\u3000opinion\u3000than\u3000I\u3000have\u3000now\uff1b\u3000of\u3000the\u3000unassisted\u3000
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\ncapabilities\u3000of\u3000my\u3000fellow\u2026men\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000\u3000\u3000civilisation\u3000\u3000\u3000must\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000\u3000\u3000begun\u3000\u3000\u3000somewhen\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000somewhere\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000some\u3000
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\nperson\uff1b\u3000or\u3000some\u3000family\uff1b\u3000or\u3000some\u3000nation\uff1b\u3000and\u3000how\u3000did\u3000it\u3000begin\uff1f\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000have\u3000said\u3000already\u3000that\u3000I\u3000do\u3000not\u3000know\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000I\u3000have\u3000had\u3000my\u3000dream\u3000
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\nlike\u3000the\u3000philosopherand\u3000as\u3000I\u3000have\u3000not\u3000been\u3000ashamed\u3000to\u3000tell\u3000it\u3000elsewhere\uff1b\u3000I\u3000
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\nshall\u3000not\u3000be\u3000ashamed\u3000to\u3000tell\u3000it\u3000here\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000it\u3000is\u3000this\uff1a\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000What\u3000\u3000\u3000if\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000beginnings\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000true\u3000\u3000\u3000civilisation\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000this\u3000\u3000\u3000unique\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000abnormal\uff1b\u3000
\n
\ndiseased\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000unsatisfied\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000inprehensible\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000truly\u3000\u3000\u3000miraculous\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nsupernatural\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000race\u3000\u3000\u3000we\u3000\u3000\u3000call\u3000\u3000man\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000been\u3000\u3000\u3000literally\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000actual\u3000\u3000\u3000fact\uff1b\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u300044\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300045\u2026
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Historical\u3000Lectures\u3000and\u3000Essays\u3000
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\nchicken\u3000broth\u3000and\u3000dried\u3000plums\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000on\u3000the\u3000tenth\u3000day\u3000es\u3000on\u3000numbness\u3000
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\nfever\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000erysipelas\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000His\u3000\u3000\u3000head\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000neck\u3000\u3000\u3000swell\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000an\u3000\u3000\u3000enormous\u3000\u3000\u3000size\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000then\u3000
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\nVesalius\u3000\u3000\u3000may\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000almost\u3000\u3000\u3000called\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000father\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000little\u3000\u3000\u3000difficulty\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000
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\nfinding\u3000out\u3000what\u3000was\u3000the\u3000matter\u3000with\u3000the\u3000luckless\u3000lad\uff1b\u3000and\u3000little\u3000difficulty\u3000
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\nphysicians\u3000were\u3000then\uff1b\u3000as\u3000many\u3000of\u3000them\u3000are\u3000said\u3000to\u3000be\u3000still\uff1b\u3000as\u3000far\u3000behind\u3000the\u3000
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\nworld\u3000in\u3000surgery\u3000as\u3000in\u3000other\u3000things\uff1b\u3000and\u3000indeed\u3000surgery\u3000itself\u3000was\u3000then\u3000in\u3000
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\ngathered\u3000round\u3000Don\u3000Carlos’s\u3000sick\u3000bed\u3000had\u3000bee\u3000according\u3000to\u3000their\u3000own\u3000
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\nconfession\uff1b\u3000utterly\u3000confused\uff1b\u3000terrified\uff1b\u3000and\u3000at\u3000their\u3000wits’\u3000end\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000It\u3000is\u3000the\u30007th\u3000of\u3000May\uff1b\u3000the\u3000eighteenth\u3000day\u3000after\u3000the\u3000accident\u3000according\u3000to\u3000
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\nOlivarez’s\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000story\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000Dr\u3000\u3000\u3000Vega\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000been\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000bleeding\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000unhappy\u3000
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\nprince\uff1b\u3000enlarging\u3000the\u3000wound\u3000t \n
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\nprince\uff1b\u3000enlarging\u3000the\u3000wound\u3000twice\uff1b\u3000and\u3000torturing\u3000him\u3000seemingly\u3000on\u3000mere\u3000
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\nguesses\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003I\u3000believe\uff1b\u3003\u3000says\u3000Olivarez\uff1b\u3000\u3003that\u3000all\u3000was\u3000done\u3000well\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000as\u3000I\u3000
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\nhave\u3000said\uff1b\u3000in\u3000wounds\u3000in\u3000the\u3000head\u3000there\u3000are\u3000strange\u3000labyrinths\u3002\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000So\u3000on\u3000the\u3000
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\n7th\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000\u3000\u3000stand\u3000\u3000\u3000round\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000bed\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000despair\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Don\u3000\u3000\u3000Garcia\u3000\u3000\u3000de\u3000\u3000\u3000Toledo\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nprince’s\u3000faithful\u3000governor\uff1b\u3000is\u3000sitting\u3000by\u3000him\uff1b\u3000worn\u3000out\u3000with\u3000sleepless\u3000nights\uff1b\u3000
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\nwho\u3000\u3000\u3000will\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000right\u3000\u3000\u3000divine\u3000\u3000\u3000succeed\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000inheritance\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000first\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000
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\nwatches\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000this\u3000\u3000\u3000lesser\u3000\u3000\u3000deity\u3000\u3000\u3000struggling\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000between\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000life\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000death\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000an\u3000
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\nintensity\u3000of\u3000which\u3000we\uff1b\u3000in\u3000these\u3000less\u3000loyal\u3000days\uff1b\u3000can\u3000form\u3000no\u3000notion\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000One\u3000
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\nwould\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000glad\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000glimpse\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000what\u3000\u3000\u3000passed\u3000\u3000\u3000through\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000mind\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000so\u3000
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\nsubtle\u3000and\u3000so\u3000ruthless\uff1b\u3000so\u3000disciplined\u3000and\u3000so\u3000loyal\u3000withal\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000Alva\u3000was\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000One\u3000would\u3000wish\uff1b\u3000too\uff1b\u3000for\u3000a\u3000glimpse\u3000of\u3000what\u3000was\u3000passing\u3000through\u3000the\u3000
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\nmind\u3000of\u3000another\u3000man\uff1b\u3000who\u3000has\u3000been\u3000daily\u3000in\u3000that\u3000sick\u3000chamber\uff1b\u3000according\u3000
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\nto\u3000Olivarez’s\u3000statement\uff1b\u3000since\u3000the\u3000first\u3000of\u3000the\u3000month\uff1a\u3000but\u3000he\u3000is\u3000one\u3000who\u3000has\u3000
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\nfrom\u3000the\u3000lifea\u3000tall\uff1b\u3000bold\uff1b\u3000well\u2026\u3000dressed\u3000man\uff1b\u3000with\u3000a\u3000noble\u3000brain\uff1b\u3000square\u3000
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\nand\u3000yet\u3000lofty\uff1b\u3000short\u3000curling\u3000locks\u3000and\u3000beard\uff1b\u3000an\u3000eye\u3000which\u3000looks\u3000as\u3000though\u3000
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\nand\u3000\u3000\u3000features\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000would\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000exceeding\u3000\u3000\u3000handsome\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000defiant\u3000
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\ndoctors\u3000of\u3000the\u3000old\u3000schoolsuspect\uff1b\u3000moreover\uff1b\u3000it\u3000would\u3000seem\u3000to\u3000inquisitors\u3000
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\nand\u3000\u3000\u3000theologians\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000possibly\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000Alva\u3000\u3000\u3000himself\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000has\u3000\u3000\u3000dared\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000dissect\u3000
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\nhuman\u3000bodies\uff1b\u3000he\u3000has\u3000insulted\u3000the\u3000mediaevalists\u3000at\u3000Paris\uff1b\u3000Padua\uff1b\u3000Bologna\uff1b\u3000
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\nPisa\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Venice\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000open\u3000\u3000\u3000theatre\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000has\u3000\u3000\u3000turned\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000heads\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000young\u3000
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\nsurgeons\u3000in\u3000Italy\u3000and\u3000France\uff1b\u3000he\u3000has\u3000written\u3000a\u3000great\u3000book\uff1b\u3000with\u3000prints\u3000in\u3000it\uff1b\u3000
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\ndesigned\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000some\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000say\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000Titianthey\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000were\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000actually\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000done\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000another\u3000
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\nNetherlander\uff1b\u3000John\u3000of\u3000Calcar\uff1b\u3000near\u3000Clevesin\u3000which\u3000he\u3000has\u3000dared\u3000to\u3000prove\u3000
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\nthat\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Galen’s\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000anatomy\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000fault\u3000\u3000\u3000throughout\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000been\u3000
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\ndescribing\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000monkey’s\u3000\u3000\u3000inside\u3000\u3000\u3000when\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000pretended\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000describing\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000
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\nman’s\uff1b\u3000and\u3000thus\uff1b\u3000by\u3000impudence\u3000and\u3000quackery\uff1b\u3000he\u3000has\u3000wormed\u3000himselfthis\u3000
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\nNetherlander\uff1b\u3000a\u3000heretic\u3000at\u3000heart\uff1b\u3000as\u3000all\u3000Netherlanders\u3000are\uff1b\u3000to\u3000God\u3000as\u3000well\u3000as\u3000
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\nto\u3000\u3000\u3000Galeninto\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000confidence\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000late\u3000\u3000\u3000Emperor\u3000\u3000\u3000Charles\u3000\u3000\u3000V\u3002\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000gone\u3000
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\ncampaigning\u3000with\u3000him\u3000as\u3000one\u3000of\u3000his\u3000physicians\uff1b\u3000anatomising\u3000human\u3000bodies\u3000
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\neven\u3000on\u3000the\u3000battle\u2026field\uff1b\u3000and\u3000defacing\u3000the\u3000likeness\u3000of\u3000Deity\uff1b\u3000and\u3000worse\u3000than\u3000
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\nthat\uff1b\u3000the\u3000most\u3000religious\u3000King\u3000Philip\u3000is\u3000deceived\u3000by\u3000him\u3000likewise\uff1b\u3000and\u3000keeps\u3000
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\nhim\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000Madrid\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000wealth\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000honour\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000now\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000prince’s\u3000\u3000\u3000extreme\u3000
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\ndanger\uff1b\u3000the\u3000king\u3000has\u3000actually\u3000sent\u3000for\u3000him\uff1b\u3000and\u3000bidden\u3000him\u3000try\u3000his\u3000skilla\u3000
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\nman\u3000who\u3000knows\u3000nothing\u3000save\u3000about\u3000bones\u3000and\u3000muscles\u3000and\u3000the\u3000outside\u3000of\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u300075\u2026
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\nthe\u3000body\uff1b\u3000and\u3000is\u3000unworthy\u3000the\u3000name\u3000of\u3000a\u3000true\u3000physician\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000One\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000can\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000conceive\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000rage\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000old\u3000\u3000\u3000Spanish\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000pedants\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nNetherlander’s\u3000\u3000\u3000appearance\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000still\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000what\u3000\u3000\u3000followed\uff1b\u3000if\u3000\u3000\u3000we\u3000\u3000\u3000are\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
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\nbelieve\u3000\u3000\u3000Hugo\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Bloet\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Delft\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000countryman\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000contemporary\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\uff5b10\uff5d\u3000
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\nVesalius\uff1b\u3000he\u3000says\uff1b\u3000saw\u3000that\u3000the\u3000surgeons\u3000had\u3000bound\u3000up\u3000the\u3000wound\u3000so\u3000tight\u3000
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\nthat\u3000an\u3000abscess\u3000had\u3000formed\u3000outside\u3000the\u3000skull\uff1b\u3000which\u3000could\u3000not\u3000break\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000
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\nasserted\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000only\u3000\u3000\u3000hope\u3000\u3000\u3000lay\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000opening\u3000\u3000\u3000it\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000did\u3000\u3000\u3000so\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Philip\u3000\u3000\u3000having\u3000
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\nrecollect\uff1b\u3000save\u3000that\u3000he\u3000consoled\u3000him\uff1b\u3000and\u3000told\u3000him\u3000that\u3000he\u3000should\u3000not\u3000die\u3000of\u3000
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\nthat\u3000malady\u3002\u3000
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\nsome\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000time\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000edifying\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000devotion\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000next\u3000\u3000\u3000year\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000saw\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Fray\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Diego\u3000
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\ncanonised\u3000as\u3000a\u3000saint\uff1b\u3000at\u3000the\u3000intercession\u3000of\u3000Philip\u3000and\u3000his\u3000son\uff1b\u3000and\u3000thus\u3000Don\u3000
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\nguess\u3000at\u3000some\u3000of\u3000his\u3000probable\u3000meditations\u3000on\u3000this\u3000celebrated\u3000clinical\u3000case\uff1b\u3000
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\n1514\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000His\u3000\u3000\u3000father\u3000and\u3000\u3000grandfather\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000been\u3000\u3000medical\u3000\u3000\u3000men\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000highest\u3000
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\nprovedto\u3000\u3000\u3000supplement\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000ignorance\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000human\u3000\u3000\u3000frame\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000describing\u3000
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\nand\u3000the\u3000great\u3000Arabic\u3000physicians\u3000could\u3000do\u3000no\u3000more\u3000than\u3000ment\u3000on\u3000Galen\u3002\u3000
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\nwere\u3000all\u3000clerks\uff1b\u3000CLERICI\uff1b\u3000and\u3000as\u3000such\u3000forbidden\u3000to\u3000shed\u3000blood\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000only\u3000
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\ndissection\uff1b\u3000as\u3000far\u3000as\u3000I\u3000am\u3000aware\uff1b\u3000made\u3000during\u3000the\u3000Middle\u3000Age\u3000was\u3000one\u3000by\u3000
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\nMundinus\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u30001306\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000subsequent\u3000\u3000\u3000mentaries\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000Galenfor\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000
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\ndare\u3000allow\u3000his\u3000own\u3000eyes\u3000to\u3000see\u3000no\u3000more\u3000than\u3000Galen\u3000had\u3000seen\u3000before\u3000him\u3000
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\nconstituted\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000best\u3000\u3000\u3000anatomical\u3000\u3000\u3000manual\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000Europe\u3000\u3000\u3000till\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000middle\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nfifteenth\u3000century\u3002\u3000
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\nmanuscripts\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000records\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000long\u3000\u3000\u3000years\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000observation\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000renounced\u3000
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\nscience\u3000thenceforth\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000We\u3000hear\u3000of\u3000him\u3000after\u3000this\u3000at\u3000Brussels\uff1b\u3000and\u3000at\u3000Basle\u3000likewisein\u3000which\u3000
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\nlatter\u3000city\uff1b\u3000in\u3000the\u3000pany\u3000of\u3000physicians\uff1b\u3000naturalists\uff1b\u3000and\u3000Grecians\uff1b\u3000he\u3000must\u3000
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\nhave\u3000breathed\u3000awhile\u3000a\u3000freer\u3000air\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000he\u3000seems\u3000to\u3000have\u3000returned\u3000thence\u3000to\u3000
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\nhis\u3000old\u3000master\u3000Charles\u3000V\u3002\uff1b\u3000and\u3000to\u3000have\u3000finally\u3000settled\u3000at\u3000Madrid\u3000as\u3000a\u3000court\u3000
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\nsplinters\u3000from\u3000the\u3000eye\u3000of\u3000the\u3000dying\u3000Henry\u3000II\u3002\u3000
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\nHamme\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000name\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000\u3000daughter\u3000\u3000\u3000married\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000time\u3000\u3000\u3000Philip\u3000\u3000\u3000II\u3002’s\u3000\u3000\u3000grand\u3000
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\nwas\u3000well\u3000off\u3000in\u3000worldly\u3000things\uff1b\u3000somewhat\u3000fond\uff1b\u3000it\u3000is\u3000said\uff1b\u3000of\u3000good\u3000living\u3000
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\nand\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000luxury\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000inclined\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000may\u3000\u3000be\uff1b\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000say\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3003Let\u3000\u3000\u3000us\u3000\u3000\u3000eat\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000drink\uff1b\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u2026\u3000
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\nunless\u3000some\u3000shock\u3000should\u3000awake\u3000him\u3000from\u3000his\u3000lethargy\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000the\u3000awakening\u3000shock\u3000did\u3000e\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000After\u3000eight\u3000years\u3000of\u3000court\u3000life\uff1b\u3000
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\nhe\u3000resolved\uff1b\u3000early\u3000in\u3000the\u3000year\u30001564\uff1b\u3000to\u3000go\u3000on\u3000a\u3000pilgrimage\u3000to\u3000Jerusalem\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000reasons\u3000for\u3000so\u3000strange\u3000a\u3000determination\u3000are\u3000wrapped\u3000in\u3000mystery\u3000and\u3000
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\ncontradiction\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000\u3000\u3000mon\u3000\u3000\u3000story\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000opened\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000corpse\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
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\nand\u3000that\u3000he\u3000was\u3000condemned\u3000to\u3000death\uff1b\u3000a\u3000sentence\u3000which\u3000was\u3000muted\u3000to\u3000
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\nimpossible\uff1b\u3000that\u3000Vesalius\uff1b\u3000of\u3000all\u3000men\uff1b\u3000should\u3000have\u3000mistaken\u3000a\u3000living\u3000body\u3000
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\nhis\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000pupil\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Fallopius\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000then\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000professor\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000anatomy\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000Venice\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000This\u3000
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\nVesalius\u3000had\u3000answered\u3000him\u3000hastily\u3000and\u3000angrily\uff1b\u3000quoting\u3000his\u3000anatomy\u3000from\u3000
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\nmemory\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000for\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000himself\u3000\u3000\u3000plained\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000could\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000Spain\u3000\u3000\u3000obtain\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000
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\nsubject\u3000for\u3000dissection\uff1b\u3000not\u3000even\uff1b\u3000he\u3000said\uff1b\u3000a\u3000single\u3000skull\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000He\u3000had\u3000sent\u3000his\u3000
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\nwith\u3000his\u3000own\u3000laziness\u3000and\u3000luxury\uff1b\u3000he\u3000may\u3000have\u3000felt\u3000the\u3000old\u3000sacred\u3000fire\u3000flash\u3000
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\nup\u3000in\u3000him\uff1b\u3000and\u3000have\u3000determined\u3000to\u3000go\u3000to\u3000Italy\u3000and\u3000bee\u3000a\u3000student\u3000and\u3000a\u3000
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\nworker\u3000once\u3000more\u3002\u3000
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\nVesalius’s\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000departure\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000told\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000\u3000fellow\u2026countryman\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Charles\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000de\u3000
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\nTisnacq\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000procurator\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000affairs\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000Netherlands\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000Vesalius\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000
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\ngone\u3000of\u3000his\u3000own\u3000free\u3000will\uff1b\u3000and\u3000with\u3000all\u3000facilities\u3000which\u3000Philip\u3000could\u3000grant\u3000
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\nhim\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000performance\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000vow\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000made\u3000\u3000\u3000during\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000dangerous\u3000
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\nillness\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Here\uff1b\u3000at\u3000least\uff1b\u3000we\u3000have\u3000a\u3000drop\u3000of\u3000information\uff1b\u3000which\u3000seems\u3000taken\u3000
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\nrecollected\u3000that\u3000De\u3000Tisnacq\u3000lived\u3000in\u3000dangerous\u3000times\uff1b\u3000and\u3000may\u3000have\u3000found\u3000
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\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000year\u3000\u3000\u3000before\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000famous\u3000\u3000\u3000letter\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000William\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Orange\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000Horn\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nEgmont\uff1b\u3000the\u3000fate\u3000whereof\u3000may\u3000be\u3000read\u3000in\u3000Mr\u3002\u3000Motley’s\u3000fourth\u3000chapter\uff1b\u3000that\u3000
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\nquarter\uff1b\u3000I\u3000believe\uff1b\u3000genuine\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000And\u3000these\u3000foolish\u3000books\uff1b\u3000as\u3000much\u3000as\u3000anything\uff1b\u3000
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\nconfusion\u3000\u3000\u3000there\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000vein\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000sound\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000scientific\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000experimental\u3000\u3000\u3000mon\u3000
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\nsense\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000When\u3000he\u3000talks\u3000of\u3000astronomy\u3000as\u3000necessary\u3000to\u3000be\u3000known\u3000by\u3000a\u3000physician\uff1b\u3000
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\nit\u3000seems\u3000to\u3000me\u3000that\u3000he\u3000laughs\u3000at\u3000astrology\uff1b\u3000properly\u3000so\u3000called\uff1b\u3000that\u3000is\uff1b\u3000that\u3000
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\nthe\u3000stars\u3000influence\u3000the\u3000character\u3000and\u3000destiny\u3000of\u3000man\u3002\u3000Mars\uff1b\u3000he\u3000says\uff1b\u3000did\u3000not\u3000
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\nheavenly\u3000bodies\uff1b\u3000and\u3000the\u3000whole\u3000skies\uff1b\u3000have\u3000a\u3000physical\u3000influence\u3000on\u3000climate\uff1b\u3000
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\nand\u3000on\u3000the\u3000health\u3000of\u3000men\u3002\u3000
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\npreceptor\u3000which\u3000can\u3000teach\u3000the\u3000art\u3000of\u3000healing\uff1b\u3000but\u3000he\u3000means\uff1b\u3000it\u3000seems\u3000to\u3000me\uff1b\u3000
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\nonly\u3000an\u3000understanding\u3000of\u3000the\u3000invisible\u3000processes\u3000of\u3000nature\uff1b\u3000in\u3000which\u3000sense\u3000
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\nan\u3000electrician\u3000or\u3000a\u3000biologist\uff1b\u3000a\u3000Faraday\u3000or\u3000a\u3000Darwin\uff1b\u3000would\u3000be\u3000a\u3000magician\uff1b\u3000
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\nand\u3000when\u3000he\u3000pares\u3000medical\u3000magic\u3000to\u3000the\u3000Cabalistic\u3000science\uff1b\u3000of\u3000which\u3000I\u3000
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\nspoke\u3000just\u3000now\u3000\uff08and\u3000in\u3000which\u3000he\u3000seems\u3000to\u3000have\u3000believed\uff09\uff1b\u3000he\u3000only\u3000means\uff1b\u3000I\u3000
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\nthink\uff1b\u3000that\u3000as\u3000the\u3000Cabala\u3000discovers\u3000hidden\u3000meaning\u3000and\u3000virtues\u3000in\u3000the\u3000text\u3000
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\nof\u3000\u3000\u3000Scripture\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000so\u3000\u3000\u3000ought\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000man\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000science\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000find\u3000\u3000\u3000them\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000book\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000
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\nnature\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000this\u3000kind\u3000of\u3000talk\uff1b\u3000wrapt\u3000up\u3000too\u3000in\u3000the\u3000most\u3000confused\u3000style\uff1b\u3000or\u3000
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\npeople\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000accusing\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000him\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000magic\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000saying\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000discovered\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nphilosopher’s\u3000stone\uff1b\u3000and\u3000the\u3000secret\u3000of\u3000Hermes\u3000Trismegistus\uff1b\u3000that\u3000he\u3000must\u3000
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\nmake\u3000gold\uff1b\u3000because\uff1b\u3000though\u3000he\u3000squandered\u3000all\u3000his\u3000money\uff1b\u3000he\u3000had\u3000always\u3000
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\nmoney\u3000in\u3000hand\uff1b\u3000and\u3000that\u3000he\u3000kept\u3000a\u3000\u3003devil’s\u2026bird\uff1b\u3003\u3000a\u3000familiar\u3000spirit\uff1b\u3000in\u3000the\u3000
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\npommel\u3000of\u3000that\u3000famous\u3000long\u3000sword\u3000of\u3000his\uff1b\u3000which\u3000he\u3000was\u3000only\u3000too\u3000ready\u3000to\u3000
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\nlug\u3000\u3000\u3000out\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000provocationthe\u3000\u3000\u3000said\u3000\u3000\u3000spirit\uff1b\u3000Agoth\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000name\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000being\u3000\u3000\u3000probably\u3000
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\nonly\u3000the\u3000laudanum\u3000bottle\u3000with\u3000which\u3000he\u3000worked\u3000so\u3000many\u3000wondrous\u3000cures\uff1b\u3000
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\nand\u3000of\u3000which\uff1b\u3000to\u3000judge\u3000from\u3000his\u3000writings\uff1b\u3000he\u3000took\u3000only\u3000too\u3000freely\u3000himself\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000the\u3000charm\u3000of\u3000Paracelsus\u3000is\u3000in\u3000his\u3000humour\uff1b\u3000his\u3000mother\u2026wit\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000He\u3000was\u3000
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\nblamed\u3000for\u3000consorting\u3000with\u3000boors\u3000in\u3000pot\u2026houses\uff1b\u3000blamed\u3000for\u3000writing\u3000in\u3000racy\u3000
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\nGerman\uff1b\u3000instead\u3000of\u3000bad\u3000school\u2026Latin\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000you\u3000can\u3000hardly\u3000read\u3000a\u3000chapter\uff1b\u3000
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\n\u2026witty\u3000and\u3000weighty\uff1b\u3000though\u3000often\u3000not\u3000a\u3000little\u3000coarse\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000He\u3000talks\u3000in\u3000parables\u3002\u3000
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\nHe\u3000draws\u3000illustrations\uff1b\u3000like\u3000Socrates\u3000of\u3000old\uff1b\u3000from\u3000the\u3000monest\u3000and\u3000the\u3000
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\nmisfortune\uff1b\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000says\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000instance\u3000\u3000\u3000nobly\u3000\u3000enough\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003are\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000like\u3000\u3000\u3000snow\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nwind\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000\u3000\u3000must\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000deduced\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000known\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000secrets\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000nature\u3002\u3000
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\nTherefore\u3000misfortune\u3000is\u3000ignorance\uff1b\u3000fortune\u3000is\u3000knowledge\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000man\u3000who\u3000
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\nwalks\u3000out\u3000in\u3000the\u3000rain\u3000is\u3000not\u3000unfortunate\u3000if\u3000he\u3000gets\u3000a\u3000ducking\u3002\u3003\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003Nature\uff1b\u3003\u3000he\u3000says\u3000again\uff1b\u3000\u3003makes\u3000the\u3000text\uff1b\u3000and\u3000the\u3000medical\u3000man\u3000adds\u3000the\u3000
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\ngloss\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000but\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000two\u3000\u3000\u3000fit\u3000\u3000\u3000each\u3000\u3000\u3000other\u3000\u3000\u3000no\u3000\u3000\u3000better\u3000\u3000\u3000than\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000dog\u3000\u3000\u3000does\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000bath\uff1b\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nagain\uff1b\u3000when\u3000he\u3000is\u3000arguing\u3000against\u3000the\u3000doctors\u3000who\u3000hated\u3000chemistry\u3003Who\u3000
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\nhates\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000thing\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000has\u3000hurt\u3000\u3000\u3000nobody\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Will\u3000\u3000\u3000you\u3000\u3000\u3000plain\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000dog\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000
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\nbiting\u3000you\uff1b\u3000if\u3000you\u3000lay\u3000hold\u3000of\u3000his\u3000tail\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Does\u3000the\u3000emperor\u3000send\u3000the\u3000thief\u3000to\u3000
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\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000gallows\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000thing\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000has\u3000\u3000\u3000stolen\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000thief\uff1b\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000think\u3002\u3000
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\nTherefore\u3000science\u3000should\u3000not\u3000be\u3000despised\u3000on\u3000account\u3000of\u3000some\u3000who\u3000know\u3000
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\nnothing\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000about\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3002\u3003\u3000\u3000You\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000will\u3000\u3000\u3000say\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000reasoning\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000very\u3000\u3000\u3000clear\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nindeed\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000passage\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000like\u3000\u3000\u3000too\u3000\u3000\u3000many\u3000\u3000\u3000more\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000smacks\u3000\u3000\u3000strongly\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000wine\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nlaudanum\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000\u3000\u3000such\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000quaint\u3000\u3000\u3000racy\u3000\u3000\u3000style\u3002\u3000\u3000As\u3000\u3000\u3000humorous\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000man\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000
\n
\nseems\u3000to\u3000me\uff1b\u3000as\u3000you\u3000shall\u3000meet\u3000with\u3000for\u3000many\u3000a\u3000day\uff1b\u3000and\u3000where\u3000there\u3000is\u3000
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\nhumour\u3000\u3000\u3000there\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000\u3000pretty\u3000\u3000\u3000sure\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000imagination\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000tenderness\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000depth\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000
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\nheart\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000As\u3000for\u3000his\u3000notions\u3000of\u3000what\u3000a\u3000man\u3000of\u3000science\u3000should\u3000be\uff1b\u3000the\u3000servant\u3000of\u3000
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\nGod\uff1b\u3000and\u3000of\u3000Naturewhich\u3000is\u3000the\u3000work\u3000of\u3000Godusing\u3000his\u3000powers\u3000not\u3000for\u3000
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\nmoney\uff1b\u3000not\u3000for\u3000ambition\uff1b\u3000but\u3000in\u3000love\u3000and\u3000charity\uff1b\u3000as\u3000he\u3000says\uff1b\u3000for\u3000the\u3000good\u3000
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\nof\u3000his\u3000fellow\u2026manon\u3000that\u3000matter\u3000Paracelsus\u3000is\u3000always\u3000noble\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000All\u3000that\u3000Mr\u3002\u3000
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\nBrowning\u3000has\u3000conceived\u3000on\u3000that\u3000point\uff1b\u3000all\u3000the\u3000noble\u3000speeches\u3000which\u3000he\u3000has\u3000
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\nput\u3000\u3000\u3000into\u3000\u3000\u3000Paracelsus’s\u3000\u3000\u3000mouth\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000are\u3000\u3000\u3000true\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000writings\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000How\u3000\u3000\u3000can\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000
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\notherwise\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000if\u3000\u3000Mr\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000Browning\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000set\u3000\u3000them\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000fortha\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000genius\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000accurate\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\npenetrating\u3000as\u3000he\u3000is\u3000wise\u3000and\u3000pure\uff1f\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000was\u3000Paracelsus\u3000a\u3000drunkard\u3000after\u3000all\uff1f\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Gentlemen\uff1b\u3000what\u3000concern\u3000is\u3000that\u3000of\u3000yours\u3000or\u3000mine\uff1f\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000have\u3000gone\u3000into\u3000
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\nthe\u3000question\uff1b\u3000as\u3000Mr\u3002\u3000Browning\u3000did\uff1b\u3000cannot\u3000say\uff1b\u3000and\u3000don’t\u3000care\u3000to\u3000say\u3002\u3000
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\nwas\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000dead\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000sang\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000praisestoo\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000late\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000I\u3000\u3000do\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000read\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000he\u3000
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\nrecanted\u3000the\u3000charge\u3000of\u3000drunkenness\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000His\u3000defenders\u3000allow\u3000it\uff1b\u3000only\u3000saying\u3000
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\nScotland\u3002\u3000
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\nDunbar\uff1b\u3000a\u3000Latin\u3000poem\uff1b\u3000in\u3000which\u3000St\u3002\u3000Francis\u3000asks\u3000him\u3000in\u3000a\u3000dream\u3000to\u3000bee\u3000
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\nunpleasant\u3000\u3000\u3000fault\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000being\u3000\u3000\u3000too\u3000\u3000\u3000clever\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000andto\u3000\u3000\u3000judge\u3000\u3000\u3000from\u3000\u3000\u3000contemporary\u3000
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\nJames\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000made\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Buchanan\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000tutor\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000one\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000natural\u3000\u3000\u3000sons\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000they\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3003men\u3000
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\nprofessing\u3000meekness\uff1b\u3000took\u3000the\u3000matter\u3000somewhat\u3000more\u3000angrily\u3000than\u3000befitted\u3000
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\nmen\u3000so\u3000pious\u3000in\u3000the\u3000opinion\u3000of\u3000the\u3000people\u3002\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000So\u3000Buchanan\u3000himself\u3000puts\u3000it\uff1a\u3000
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\nmanded\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000repeat\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000castigation\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Having\u3000\u3000\u3000found\u3000\u3000\u3000out\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000friars\u3000
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\nsharp\u3000and\u3000stinging\uff1b\u3000and\u3000Buchanan\u3000obeyed\u3000by\u3000writing\uff1b\u3000but\u3000not\u3000publishing\uff1b\u3000
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\nthrough\u3000freebooters\u3000and\u3000pestilence\u3002\u3000
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\nVIII\u3002\uff1b\u3000in\u3000his\u3000old\u3000age\u3000more\u3000intent\u3000on\u3000his\u3000own\u3000safety\u3000than\u3000on\u3000the\u3000purity\u3000of\u3000
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\npresenting\u3000a\u3000Latin\u3000poem\u3000to\u3000Charles\u3000V\u3002\uff1b\u3000and\u3000indulging\u3000that\u3000fancy\u3000of\u3000his\u3000for\u3000
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\nthenwhen\u3000Latin\u3000was\u3000the\u3000vernacular\u3000tongue\u3000of\u3000all\u3000scholarsa\u3000serious\uff1b\u3000if\u3000
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\nneither\u3000space\u3000nor\u3000need\u3000to\u3000speak\u3000here\uff1b\u3000save\u3000to\u3000notice\u3000the\u3000bold\u3000declamations\u3000
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\n\u2026\u3000Page\u3000107\u2026
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\nthese\u3000\u3000\u3000tragedies\u3000\u3000\u3000gained\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000poor\u3000\u3000\u3000Scotsman\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000eyes\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000best\u3000
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\nscholars\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000Europe\uff1b\u3000\u3000a\u3000credit\u3000\u3000\u3000amounting\u3000\u3000\u3000almost\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000veneration\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000When\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000
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\nreturned\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000Paris\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000found\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000occupation\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000once\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000as\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000Scots\u3000
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\nbiographers\u3000love\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000record\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3003three\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000\u3000\u3000learned\u3000\u3000\u3000men\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000world\u3000
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\ntaught\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000humanity\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000same\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000college\uff1b\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000viz\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000Turnebus\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Muretus\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nBuchanan\u3002\u3000
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\nfounded\u3000at\u3000Coimbra\uff1b\u3000in\u3000Portugal\uff1b\u3000and\u3000Andrea\u3000Govea\u3000had\u3000been\u3000invited\u3000to\u3000
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\nPortugal\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000brother\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Patrick\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000two\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Scotsmen\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Dempster\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nRamsay\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000goodly\u3000\u3000\u3000pany\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000French\u3000\u3000\u3000scholars\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000whose\u3000\u3000\u3000names\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nand\u3000countries\uff1b\u3000Buchanan\u3000and\u3000two\u3000of\u3000his\u3000friends\u3000migrated\u3000unwillingly\u3000from\u3000
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\nthe\u3000Temple\u3000of\u3000the\u3000Muses\u3000for\u3000that\u3000of\u3000Moloch\uff1b\u3000and\u3000found\u3000themselves\u3000in\u3000the\u3000
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\nAnd\u3000\u3000\u3000so\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000wearied\u3000\u3000\u3000out\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000got\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000board\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000Candian\u3000\u3000\u3000ship\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000\u3000Lisbon\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000
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\nVI\u3002’s\u3000reign\uff1b\u3000was\u3000not\u3000a\u3000land\u3000which\u3000suited\u3000him\uff1b\u3000and\u3000he\u3000returned\u3000to\u3000France\uff1b\u3000to\u3000
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\nfulfil\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000hopes\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000had\u3000\u3000\u3000expressed\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000charming\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003Desiderium\u3000
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\nLutitiae\uff1b\u3003\u3000and\u3000the\u3000still\u3000more\u3000charming\uff1b\u3000because\u3000more\u3000simple\uff1b\u3000\u3003Adventus\u3000in\u3000
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\nGalliam\uff1b\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000he\u3000\u3000\u3000bids\u3000\u3000\u3000farewell\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000\u3000\u3000melodious\u3000\u3000\u3000verse\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003the\u3000
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\npenury\u3002\u3003\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Some\u3000seven\u3000years\u3000succeeded\u3000of\u3000schoolmastering\u3000and\u3000verse\u2026writing\uff1a\u3000the\u3000
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\nEpithalamium\u3000\u3000\u3000on\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000marriage\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000poor\u3000\u3000\u3000Mary\u3000\u3000\u3000Stuart\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000noble\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000sincere\uff1b\u3000
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\nhowever\u3000fantastic\u3000and\u3000pedantic\uff1b\u3000after\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000manner\u3000of\u3000the\u3000times\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003Pomps\uff1b\u3003\u3000
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\ntoo\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000her\u3000\u3000\u3000wedding\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000other\u3000\u3000\u3000public\u3000\u3000\u3000ceremonies\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nold\u3000age\uff1b\u3000had\u3000not\u3000his\u3000too\u3000fond\u3000friends\u3000persuaded\u3000him\u3000to\u3000republish\u3000the\u3000follies\u3000
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\nand\u3000\u3000\u3000coarsenesses\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000youth\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000He\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000now\u3000\u3000\u3000one\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000most\u3000\u3000\u3000famous\u3000
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\nmere\u3000pedant\uff1b\u3000or\uff1b\u3000if\u3000he\u3000could\u3000not\u3000do\u3000that\uff1b\u3000into\u3000the\u3000mere\u3000court\u3000versifier\uff1f\u3000
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\nforced\u3000many\u3000a\u3000learned\u3000man\u3000besides\uff1b\u3000to\u3000choose\u3000whether\u3000he\u3000would\u3000be\u3000a\u3000child\u3000
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\nof\u3000light\u3000or\u3000a\u3000child\u3000of\u3000darkness\uff1b\u3000whether\u3000he\u3000would\u3000be\u3000a\u3000dilettante\u3000classicist\uff1b\u3000
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\nor\u3000a\u3000preacherit\u3000might\u3000be\u3000a\u3000martyrof\u3000the\u3000Gospel\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Buchanan\u3000may\u3000have\u3000
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\nleft\u3000France\u3000in\u3000\u3003The\u3000Troubles\u3003\u3000merely\u3000to\u3000enjoy\u3000in\u3000his\u3000own\u3000country\u3000elegant\u3000
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\nand\u3000learned\u3000repose\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000He\u3000may\u3000have\u3000fancied\u3000that\u3000he\u3000had\u3000found\u3000it\uff1b\u3000when\u3000he\u3000
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\nsaw\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000himself\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000spite\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000public\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000profession\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000adherence\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\nReformed\u3000\u3000\u3000Kirk\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000reading\u3000\u3000\u3000Livy\u3000\u3000\u3000every\u3000\u3000\u3000afternoon\u3000\u3000\u3000with\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000exquisite\u3000\u3000\u3000young\u3000
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\nsovereign\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000master\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000by\u3000\u3000\u3000her\u3000\u3000\u3000favour\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000temporalities\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000Crossraguel\u3000
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\nAbbey\uff1b\u3000and\u3000by\u3000the\u3000favour\u3000of\u3000Murray\uff1b\u3000Principal\u3000of\u3000St\u3002\u3000Leonard’s\u3000College\u3000in\u3000
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\nto\u3000put\u3000the\u3000Principal\u3000of\u3000St\u3002\u3000Leonard’s\u3000into\u3000the\u3000\u3003bottle\u3000dungeon\u3002\u3003\u3000
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\nFrance\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000reach\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000Scotland\u3000\u3000\u3000likewise\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3003Revolutions\u3000\u3000\u3000are\u3000\u3000\u3000not\u3000\u3000\u3000made\u3000
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\nwith\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000rose\u2026water\uff1b\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000time\u3000\u3000\u3000was\u3000\u3000\u3000at\u3000\u3000hand\u3000\u3000\u3000when\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000all\u3000\u3000good\u3000\u3000\u3000spirits\u3000\u3000in\u3000
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\nScotland\uff1b\u3000and\u3000George\u3000Buchanan\u3000among\u3000them\uff1b\u3000had\u3000to\u3000choose\uff1b\u3000once\u3000and\u3000for\u3000
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\nall\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000amid\u3000\u3000\u3000danger\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000confusion\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000terror\uff1b\u3000\u3000whether\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000\u3000\u3000would\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000serve\u3000\u3000\u3000God\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000
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\nMammon\uff1b\u3000for\u3000to\u3000serve\u3000both\u3000would\u3000be\u3000soon\u3000impossible\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Which\u3000side\uff1b\u3000in\u3000that\u3000war\u3000of\u3000light\u3000and\u3000darkness\uff1b\u3000George\u3000Buchanan\u3000took\uff1b\u3000
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\nScotland\u3000who\u3000were\u3000capable\u3000of\u3000being\u3000her\u3000captains\u3000in\u3000the\u3000strife\u3000were\u3000Knox\u3000
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\nmy\u3000intention\u3000to\u3000enter\u3000into\u3000the\u3000details\u3000of\u3000a\u3000matter\u3000so\u3000painful\uff1b\u3000so\u3000shocking\uff1b\u3000so\u3000
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\nprodigious\uff1b\u3000and\u3000now\u3000that\u3000that\u3000question\u3000is\u3000finally\u3000set\u3000at\u3000rest\uff1b\u3000by\u3000the\u3000writings\u3000
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\nsave\u3000\u3000\u3000where\u3000\u3000\u3000Buchanan’s\u3000\u3000\u3000name\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000\u3000concerned\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000One\u3000\u3000\u3000may\u3000\u3000\u3000now\u3000\u3000\u3000have\u3000\u3000\u3000every\u3000
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\nsympathy\u3000with\u3000Mary\u3000Stuart\uff1b\u3000one\u3000may\u3000regard\u3000with\u3000awe\u3000a\u3000figure\u3000so\u3000stately\uff1b\u3000
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\nso\u3000tragic\uff1b\u3000in\u3000one\u3000sense\u3000so\u3000heroic\uff1bfor\u3000she\u3000reminds\u3000one\u3000rather\u3000of\u3000the\u3000heroine\u3000
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\nimpunity\u3002\u3000Nay\uff1b\u3000more\uff1b\u3000those\u3000\u3003Casket\u3003\u3000letters\u3000and\u3000sonnets\u3000may\u3000be\u3000a\u3000relief\u3000to\u3000
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\nthe\u3000mind\u3000of\u3000one\u3000who\u3000believes\u3000in\u3000her\u3000guilt\u3000on\u3000other\u3000grounds\uff1b\u3000a\u3000relief\u3000when\u3000
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\nsacrifice\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000however\u3000\u3000\u3000hideously\u3000\u3000\u3000misplaced\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000which\u3000\u3000\u3000shows\u3000\u3000\u3000what\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000womanly\u3000
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\nthat\u3000anyone\u3000who\u3000knows\u3000what\u3000words\u3000she\u3000must\u3000have\u3000heard\uff1b\u3000what\u3000scenes\u3000she\u3000
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\nthat\u3000there\u3000is\u3000every\u3000excuse\u3000for\u3000those\u3000who\u3000have\u3000asserted\u3000Mary’s\u3000innocence\uff1b\u3000
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\nbut\u3000yet\u3000Buchanan\uff1b\u3000in\u3000his\u3000own\u3000place\u3000and\u3000time\uff1b\u3000may\u3000have\u3000felt\u3000as\u3000deeply\u3000that\u3000
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\nhe\u3000could\u3000do\u3000no\u3000otherwise\u3000than\u3000he\u3000did\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000charges\u3000against\u3000him\uff1b\u3000as\u3000all\u3000readers\u3000of\u3000Scotch\u3000literature\u3000know\u3000well\uff1b\u3000
\n
\nmay\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000reduced\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000\u3000two\u3000\u3000\u3000heads\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u30001st\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000The\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000letters\u3000\u3000and\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000sonnets\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000were\u3000
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\nforgeries\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Maitland\u3000of\u3000Lethington\u3000may\u3000have\u3000forged\u3000the\u3000letters\uff1b\u3000Buchanan\uff1b\u3000
\n
\naccording\u3000to\u3000some\uff1b\u3000the\u3000sonnets\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Whoever\u3000forged\u3000them\uff1b\u3000Buchanan\u3000made\u3000
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\n
\nMary\u3000was\u3000innocent\u3000or\u3000not\uff1b\u3000Buchanan\u3000acted\u3000a\u3000base\u3000and\u3000ungrateful\u3000part\u3000in\u3000
\n
\nputting\u3000himself\u3000in\u3000the\u3000forefront\u3000amongst\u3000her\u3000accusers\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000He\u3000had\u3000been\u3000her\u3000
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\nkindness\uff1b\u3000in\u3000the\u3000hour\u3000of\u3000her\u3000fall\uff1b\u3000by\u3000invectives\u3000fit\u3000only\u3000for\u3000a\u3000rancorous\u3000and\u3000
\n
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\n
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\narguments\u3000of\u3000Mr\u3002\u3000Froude\u3000and\u3000Mr\u3002\u3000Burton\uff1b\u3000save\u3000this\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000no\u3000one\u3000clever\u3000
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\nenough\u3000to\u3000be\u3000a\u3000forger\u3000would\u3000have\u3000put\u3000together\u3000documents\u3000so\u3000incoherent\uff1b\u3000
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\nMary’s\u3000guilt\u3000was\u3000open\u3000and\u3000palpable\uff1b\u3000before\u3000the\u3000supposed\u3000discovery\u3000of\u3000the\u3000
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\nMary’s\u3000guilt\u3000was\u3000open\u3000and\u3000palpable\uff1b\u3000before\u3000the\u3000supposed\u3000discovery\u3000of\u3000the\u3000
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\nletters\uff1b\u3000to\u3000every\u3000person\u3000at\u3000home\u3000and\u3000abroad\u3000who\u3000had\u3000any\u3000knowledge\u3000of\u3000the\u3000
\n
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\nthe\u3000\u3000\u3000answer\u3000\u3000\u3000is\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000that\u3000\u3000\u3000whosoever\u3000\u3000\u3000wrote\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000letters\u3000\u3000\u3000would\u3000\u3000\u3000be\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000\u3000\u3000likely\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000
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\nknow\u3000facts\u3000which\u3000were\u3000taking\u3000place\u3000around\u3000them\u3000than\u3000any\u3000critic\u3000could\u3000be\u3000
\n
\none\u3000hundred\u3000or\u3000three\u3000hundred\u3000years\u3000afterwards\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000if\u3000these\u3000mistakes\u3000as\u3000
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\nto\u3000\u3000\u3000facts\u3000\u3000\u3000actually\u3000\u3000\u3000exist\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000\u3000them\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000they\u3000\u3000\u3000are\u3000\u3000\u3000only\u3000\u3000\u3000a\u3000\u3000\u3000fresh\u3000\u3000\u3000argument\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000their\u3000
\n
\nauthenticity\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Mary\uff1b\u3000writing\u3000in\u3000agony\u3000and\u3000confusion\uff1b\u3000might\u3000easily\u3000make\u3000a\u3000
\n
\nmistake\uff1a\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000forgers\u3000would\u3000only\u3000take\u3000too\u3000good\u3000care\u3000to\u3000make\u3000none\u3002\u3000
\n
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000But\u3000the\u3000strongest\u3000evidence\u3000in\u3000favour\u3000of\u3000the\u3000letters\u3000and\u3000sonnets\uff1b\u3000in\u3000spite\u3000
\n
\nof\u3000the\u3000arguments\u3000of\u3000good\u3000Dr\u3002\u3000Whittaker\u3000and\u3000other\u3000apologists\u3000for\u3000Mary\uff1b\u3000is\u3000
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\nto\u3000be\u3000found\u3000in\u3000their\u3000tone\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000A\u3000forger\u3000in\u3000those\u3000coarse\u3000days\u3000would\u3000have\u3000made\u3000
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\nMary\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000write\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000in\u3000\u3000some\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Semiramis\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000Roxana\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000vein\uff1b\u3000\u3000utterly\u3000\u3000\u3000alien\u3000\u3000\u3000to\u3000\u3000the\u3000
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\ntenderness\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000delicacy\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000pitiful\u3000\u3000confusion\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000mind\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3000conscious\u3000
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\nweakness\uff1b\u3000the\u3000imploring\u3000and\u3000most\u3000feminine\u3000trust\u3000which\u3000makes\u3000the\u3000letters\uff1b\u3000
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\nto\u3000those\u3000whoas\u3000I\u3000dobelieve\u3000in\u3000them\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000more\u3000pathetic\u3000than\u3000any\u3000fictitious\u3000
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\nsorrows\u3000which\u3000poets\u3000could\u3000invent\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000More\u3000than\u3000one\u3000touch\uff1b\u3000indeed\uff1b\u3000of\u3000utter\u3000
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\nself\u2026abasement\uff1b\u3000in\u3000the\u3000second\u3000letter\uff1b\u3000is\u3000so\u3000unexpected\uff1b\u3000so\u3000subtle\uff1b\u3000and\u3000yet\u3000so\u3000
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\ntrue\u3000to\u3000the\u3000heart\u3000of\u3000woman\uff1b\u3000thatas\u3000has\u3000been\u3000well\u3000saidif\u3000it\u3000was\u3000invented\u3000
\n
\nthere\u3000must\u3000have\u3000existed\u3000in\u3000Scotland\u3000an\u3000earlier\u3000Shakespeare\uff1b\u3000who\u3000yet\u3000has\u3000
\n
\ndied\u3000\u3000\u3000without\u3000\u3000\u3000leaving\u3000\u3000\u3000any\u3000\u3000\u3000other\u3000\u3000\u3000sign\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000for\u3000\u3000\u3000good\u3000\u3000\u3000or\u3000\u3000\u3000evil\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000of\u3000\u3000\u3000his\u3000\u3000\u3000dramatic\u3000
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\ngenius\u3002\u3000
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\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000As\u3000for\u3000the\u3000theory\u3000\uff08totally\u3000unsupported\uff09\u3000that\u3000Buchanan\u3000forged\u3000the\u3000poem\u3000
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\nusually\u3000\u3000called\u3000\u3000\u3000the\u3000\u3000\u3003Sonnets\uff1b\u3003\u3000\u3000\u3000it\u3000\u3000\u3000is\u3000\u3000\u3000paying\u3000\u3000\u3000old\u3000\u3000\u3000Geordie’s\u3000\u3000\u3000genius\uff1b\u3000\u3000\u3000however\u3000
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