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    "text": "Have you been sore discouraged in the fight,",
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    "text": "And even sometimes weighted by the thought",
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    "text": "That those with whom and those for whom you fought",
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    "text": "Lagged far behind, or dared but faintly smite?",
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    "text": "And that the opposing forces in their might",
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    "text": "Of blind inertia rendered as for naught",
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    "text": "All that throughout the long years had been wrought,",
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    "text": "And powerless each blow for Truth and Right?",
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    "text": "If so, take new and greater courage then,",
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    "text": "And think no more withouten help you stand;",
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    "text": "For sure as God on His eternal throne",
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    "text": "Sits, mindful of the sinful deeds of men,",
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    "text": "—The awful Sword of Justice in His hand⁠—",
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    "text": "You shall not, no, you shall not, fight alone.",
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