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    "text": "“Yes, write it in the rock!” Saint Bernard said,",
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   {
    "text": "“Grave it on brass with adamantine pen!",
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    "text": "’Tis God himself becomes apparent, when",
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    "text": "“For God of these his attributes is made.”⁠—",
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    "text": "Well spake the impetuous Saint, and bore of men",
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    "text": "The suffrage captive; now, not one in ten",
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