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    "text": "The commonplace I sing;",
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    "text": "How cheap is health! how cheap nobility!",
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   {
    "text": "Abstinence, no falsehood, no gluttony, lust;",
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   {
    "text": "The open air I sing, freedom, toleration,",
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   {
    "text": "(Take here the mainest lesson⁠—less from books⁠—less from the schools,)",
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   {
    "text": "The common day and night⁠—the common earth and waters,",
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    "text": "Your farm⁠—your work, trade, occupation,",
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   {
    "text": "The democratic wisdom underneath, like solid ground for all.",
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