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    "text": "There is no Life or Death,",
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    "text": "Only activity",
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    "text": "And in the absolute",
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    "text": "Is no declivity.",
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    "text": "There is no Love or Lust",
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    "text": "Only propensity",
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    "text": "Who would possess",
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    "text": "Is a nonentity.",
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    "text": "There is no First or Last",
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    "text": "Only equality",
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    "text": "And who would rule",
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    "text": "Joins the majority.",
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    "text": "There is no Space or Time",
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    "text": "Only intensity,",
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    "text": "And tame things",
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